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it will likely never affect me,

Or maybe it will, when these guys have enough hours to get hired by the airlines. I'd be more comfortable being piloted by AI than by Douchey McDickbag.

Sir, this is the OT. We don't fly commercial.

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Posted by Burt Orangello

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Posted on 11/17/23 at 2:58 pm to NATidefan

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I think your viewing this the wrong way really.

We let kids get drivers license and they don't have to be taught by anyone with any real certified experience at all. Yes they have to pass a written and driven(which can even be skipped with drivers Ed these days) test. But then they are allowed to drive and put passengers and other drivers at risk. Way more people at risk than this instructor was with limited experience.

No one is going to become a safe experienced pilot without lots of experience. I only flew a few years, but my dad had his private license for over 20 years and I promise he was always learning and getting safer.

At some point you draw the line and say they have enough experience to do _______. As someone else said you aren't gonna have many 30 year olds signing up to be instructors for 30 an hour when they have a family and career as a commercial pilot.

Was he young, cocky, immature, and inexperienced in some ways? Yes, but how many lives was he putting at risk from it? And was he gaining experience to put less lives at risk later in his career?

How many lives do 16-20 year old drivers put at risk daily?

Pilot error and poor judgement happens at all ages and experience levels. Same with drivers. But you aren't going to get more experience by any other way than doing it more.

Eta: I will say that weather should be a stronger emphasis in pilot training, tests, etc. As it is mildly touched on from my experience.

I gotcha. The "inexperienced training the clueless" part is still wild to me, considering we're talking about airplanes - but yeah, I get it. Especially the "who else is going to sign up to be an instructor?" aspect. If we enticed experienced pilots with money then the student's cost to learn would be too high, and it's expensive enough as it is. No real good answer.

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