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Originally Posted by bob loblaw Are you saying that a 1,500 hour CFI background F/O would have done better than the 500tt former F/O from Gulfstream? The Captain was flying, the Captain made the decision to go to FL410. Gulfstream had nothing to do with this accident other than the fact that this is where they trained. This accident was caused by human factors, not resisting the temptation to operate outside of normal procedures. |
Yep..the captain was flying...but there is a reason why 2 people are required in the cockpit. The problem with the 500 hour pft gimp is that he doesn't have enough experience to know when to speak up. If the captain says it and says it would be a cool thing to do, then an unexperienced FO (as it happened in this case) will just go along with it. If the FO had some knowledge and experience, he would have said, "uhhh...i don't think that's safe". A 1500 hour CFI has seen enough **** to know when he doesn't feel comfortable, and most will speak up.
These guys were operating within normal procedures, but didn't have the knowledge or experience to know what things could potentially go wrong.
There ALWAYS has to be one person in the cockpit who has an inkling of what's going on. That's why there are two pilots...to make sure that 100% of the decisions are made properly. If one pilot isn't completely up to it, the other one is there to make up for his slack.....