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8000 hours on type? Or 8000 hours on safari tourist drops. He was only 28 years old. The sums barely add up, and only then as an exceptional case
by easytiger 8y ago
8000 hours on type? Or 8000 hours on safari tourist drops. He was only 28 years old. The sums barely add up, and only then as an exceptional case
- CaptainZapp 8y agoI refer to Patrick Smith as my source[1] The captain of the doomed flight ET302, Yared Getachew, was a graduate of the highly competitive Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy, and had more than 8,000 flight hours — a respectable total. “Yared was a great person and a great pilot. Well prepared,” a former Ethiopian Airlines training captain told me. Doesn't sound as if he acquired his 8000 + hours on a crop duster. In addition: Your statement that he was 28 doesn't quite jibe with what the NYT has to say about him[2] By the time he was 29, Yared Getachew was the youngest captain at Ethiopian Airlines. Despite his relative youth, he had spent a decade with the carrier, eventually piloting wide-body jets that crossed continents and oceans. [1] http://www.askthepilot.com/ethiopian-737max-crash/ http://www.askthepilot.com/ethiopian-737max-crash/ [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/business/ethiopian-airline-crash-school.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/business/ethiopian-airlin...
- Recurecur 8y ago@CaptainZapp Thanks for that information. I was having trouble crediting a 28 year old with 8,000 flight hours... That said, it's very likely a big chunk of that wasn't on 737s, or even large commercial jets.