i didnt say it was.
"does the military consistently produce better pilots? if so, is because they spend more time with hands-on real world flying outside of a sim? or is it because they actually train in stall recovery since military aircraft are more prone to stalls."
both questions. however, i'm pretty certain that most military pilots get more real stick time than puppy mill grads...
"does the military consistently produce better pilots? if so, is because they spend more time with hands-on real world flying outside of a sim? or is it because they actually train in stall recovery since military aircraft are more prone to stalls."
both questions. however, i'm pretty certain that most military pilots get more real stick time than puppy mill grads...
A lot of the argument is around if hands on stick time is better than extensive training in other areas. Have many of the recent aircraft crashes been from puppy mill pilots with low experience? Colgan it was probably a relevent issue. But the other crashes?
There are a lot of factors that are at play here. I for one don't like the concept of paying for your own aircraft endorsement. That is a very common thing these days, and I think very much pushes towards minimum hour training. Similarly, the race to the lowest price means that airlines are tightening their belts, and will ultimately be less inclined to do non-required training.
The next problem is how much time do you give to a given training sequence? Simulator exercises are very tiring and demanding on crew, not to mention expensive for an airline. How many sessions/hours in the sim should be done per year? How many of them should be on jet upset? How about engine failures? Depressurisations?
There is no doubt that there has now been recognition that some of the basic skills have deteriorated, and, just like when other failings have been identified, there will be a push to fix this problem, and it will decrease. The question will then be what will the next industry failing be?
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