Mesabi Miner
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- Jan 11, 2004
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I'm a champion for lower-time pilots, but your statement is flat-out WRONG.
Once you get to 121, hours *do* equal experience.
More hours in the winter flying in ice operating in/out of slick runways, more hours picking your way around thunderstorms, more hours dealing with customer service situations asking yourself "what would I do if I had command in this situation?" THAT is experience you NEED to have in order to wear that fourth stripe, IMO...
Right on! Just remember,
"Good decisions are a result of experience. Experience often comes from making bad decisions."
A 2500 hour captain might not have even had time to make the bad decisions yet! And as far as a 300 hour pilot... They need lots more "solo" time in which to make bad decisions as well. Granted, every one of us learns new things and makes poor decisions every day. But the quantity and magnitude of errors is sure to decrease simply with.... let's hear it..... TIME. In this guy's opinion.
MM