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 the effectiveness of mandating minimum flight hours for pilots, suggesting that designating captains as instructor/mentor pilots and pairing experienced captains with newer first officers could be more beneficial for safety.
• A reader emphasizes the importance of Crew Resource Management (CRM) in identifying in-flight issues and expresses a preference for manual fuel calculation based on experience over electronic gauges.

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