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Facing a serious pilot shortage, airlines are hiring crew members with remarkably little experience. What does this mean for safety?
  • Quality or Quantity

    Patrick,

    Paired with a wise captain, I don’t have a problem with a 500 hour first officers as long as the last 400 were not spent doing circuits at an uncontrolled airport. If they were spent in a high performance single or twin flying long cross country flights in IMC or night, those are very high quality hours.

    Regards;

    Blair Simpkins

    Beech B33