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Well I don’t care to speculate but the first officer had only 200 hours of flight logged and the captain had over 8000. A lot of captains will let the less expe

Well I don’t care to speculate but the first officer had only 200 hours of flight logged and the captain had over 8000. A lot of captains will let the less experienced first officer fly take off and landing if it’s favorable conditions and easy terrain to give them more experience. I don’t know who was flying the plane but it certainly could have been the fo because it was vfr conditions and seemingly favorable terrain. As to your flight you should probably be fine as there is a us rule that the fo needs to have 1500 hours to be qualified. That coupled with the fact that the pilots are now keenly aware of the failure mode of the 37 max means you are probably fine.

rb666 8y ago
I would certainly cancel. Boeing still has not applied a software update, and pilots were already aware of the 737's failure mode, the 2018 crash! The FAA is being protective of US industry.
- jimktrains2 8y ago
  Not all 737 models are affected. the -700 and -800 have excellent safety records; among the best of any airframe. These issues both happened with MAX (MAX 8 iirc) airframes. SouthWest does fly 35 MAX8 airframes it appears. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet#Current_fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet#Curre...
AceyMan 8y ago
> A lot of captains will let the less experienced first officer fly take off and landing if it’s favorable conditions and easy terrain to give them more experience. For US carriers, alternating legs between PF (pilot flying) and PM (pilot monitoring) is standard practice as dictated by the carrier's own Flight Operations division (aka, "The Flying Department"). In the event of an emergency it'd be expected (if not mandatory) that the PIC (pilot in charge, e.g. captain) to immediately become the PF. The standard call-out for the role swap is "MY CONTROLS" or "MY AIRCRAFT" Case in point: US1549, the Hudson ditching, was being flown by the F/O. After the bird strike and loss of engines, Capt Sully called "My aircraft"; the F/O replied "Your aircraft", effecting the swap of roles. (me: US aircraft dispatcher in a previous life xD )

rb666 8y ago

I would certainly cancel. Boeing still has not applied a software update, and pilots were already aware of the 737's failure mode, the 2018 crash! The FAA is being protective of US industry.

jimktrains2 8y ago
Not all 737 models are affected. the -700 and -800 have excellent safety records; among the best of any airframe. These issues both happened with MAX (MAX 8 iirc) airframes. SouthWest does fly 35 MAX8 airframes it appears. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet#Current_fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet#Curre...

AceyMan 8y ago

> A lot of captains will let the less experienced first officer fly take off and landing if it’s favorable conditions and easy terrain to give them more experience. For US carriers, alternating legs between PF (pilot flying) and PM (pilot monitoring) is standard practice as dictated by the carrier's own Flight Operations division (aka, "The Flying Department"). In the event of an emergency it'd be expected (if not mandatory) that the PIC (pilot in charge, e.g. captain) to immediately become the PF. The standard call-out for the role swap is "MY CONTROLS" or "MY AIRCRAFT" Case in point: US1549, the Hudson ditching, was being flown by the F/O. After the bird strike and loss of engines, Capt Sully called "My aircraft"; the F/O replied "Your aircraft", effecting the swap of roles. (me: US aircraft dispatcher in a previous life xD )