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Old March 3rd, 2006, 19:46   #72
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Originally Posted by bob loblaw
O.k. let me get this straight, a 6000 hour Captain who with near a 1,000 hours of jet time, not to mention the thousands of turbine hours from Gulfstream, didn't have the experience or knowledge to know what could go wrong.
A Beech 1900 at FL240 and a high-speed swept-wing jet at FL410 approaching the 'coffin corner' are two distinctly different birds.

In a commercial environment, 1000 hours of jet time is relatively 'newbie' in the big picture.
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