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Originally Posted by CLR4ILS  1000 hours of pre-private maneuvers and x-countries don't make you any more ready to fly that jet either and that is 9 out od 10 of your 1000 hour instructors out there... |
1000 hours of flying time as the PILOT IN COMMAND will (and has) teach me an imense amount judgment, decision making, weather, dealing with emergencies, mechanics, regulations and much more.
Being pressured to fly an overweight airplane, and one that was not airworthy taught me a lot about judgement. Having my radio fail completely taught me a lot about lost comm procedures. Having my engine quit due to fuel starvation taught me a lot about energy management. Many basic principles that I barely understood when I graduated FSA are now clear.
When the time comes, I will quickly learn about the systems, procedures for a Regional Jet.
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Originally Posted by CLR4ILS And you think that if these programs did not exist, the regionals would pay more? |
Yes, the regionals can get away with paying peanuts because there are lines of people who will fork over a new car for the privlage.
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Originally Posted by CLR4ILS Explain...... about the jet experience.. |
I don't have any jet experiance. I would have a difficult enough time keeping one staright and level, much less anything else.
What I do have is REAL WORLD FLYING EXPERIANCE. More PIC time in the 2 months than some guys who have been flying RJs have had in 2 years.
As I told my student today, the guy who is making the decisions is the one flying, regardless of whose hands are on the controlls.
ILS, I wonder why you are so enthusastic about defending FSA and their programs when you are not even flying professionally any more. I don't even get this worked up about my religous beliefs, much less for some school halfway across the country.
FSA is IMHO the best of the flight acadmies, but they can not teach experiance nor can anybody else.