Experience Counts

I couldnt agree more with your Editors Log position in Marchs issue, "Blame the Pilots." Im far from convinced the Buffalo accident is indicative of a systemic training and certification problem. I agree that when a perfectly good transport category airplane is allowed to slow to stick-shaker speed and the wrong control inputs are made, theres an issue in the cockpit. But the Colgan captain had an ATP and thousands of hours of experience, so what exactly would this proposal mandating a minimum number of hours have prevented?

Key Takeaways:

• The article debates pilot experience and accident prevention, questioning the effectiveness of minimum flight hour mandates and suggesting solutions like designating captains as mentors or pairing experienced captains with new first officers.
• It also highlights the importance of Crew Resource Management (CRM) for flight safety and advocates for meticulous manual fuel management based on experience over potentially unreliable electronic gauges.

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