[Farva]

Originally Posted by AngelFuree

I'm a firm believer that TT isn't always indicative of a pilot's skill/experience, etc...HOWEVER, at 280TT, the student just got done flying Seminoles, and the transition to a jet from a small airplane for a pilot that has only flown this multi-engine plane for a few hours for the sake of stage-check completion is ridiculous. And if this pilot is really that good at flying, then why on earth do we not have him/her as a fighter pilot or an acro pilot. Those are the jobs that need these excellent pilots.

I don't know who it was, but either way, congrats to the person who got hired. He/she must be pumped, and I don't blame'em.

edit: omg, I was almost forgetting. I'm sorry, but if I were an airline, I would NOT trust a 280TT pilot to be flying my passengers, when the only environment he/she has been exposed to is the GFK bubble. My god, the experience you get here is SOOOOO not real-world! I say this from experience.

well what makes you think he just got done flying the seminole? I know the guy and well you are so far off from the truth its hilarious and I know the UND flight instructors on the forums will agree. I would say until you know who the person is I would not cast judgement on there flying abilities. For those who feel that 280 hours TT in the UND bubble is not real world flying expereiocne may have some truth to it but I also know that UND bubble has its very challenging points to it. I just think you guys need to stop the judgement of this guy and say congrats and nothing more. None of this at 280 hours is not ready to fly a CRj crap. I know that the most of you who post on here are not UND flight instructors and are not even in 414. So I would be careful because there are UND flight instructors on here and when you start dogging UND, Flight Instructors, and anything else to complain about, they read and they remember who said what, and who is to say that they may not give you a hard time when they are flying with you?
-Farva