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The pilots were inexperienced. The right seat guy had less than 250 hours total time in any airplane. At that level of experience, he’s lucky to remember where
by briandear 6y ago
The pilots were inexperienced. The right seat guy had less than 250 hours total time in any airplane. At that level of experience, he’s lucky to remember where the landing gear controls are. (He didn’t have 250 hours in the 737, but less than 250 hours in any airplane!) Even the captain had fewer hours than an average United first officer. At those low levels of experience, it’s just unrealistic to expect them to be that good with non-standard situations.
- winfred 6y agoThat can't be right, can it? That's the equivalent of me doing my job for 6 weeks. Here, looks like the legal minimum is 1500: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_United_States#Airline_transport_pilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_Uni...
- sokoloff 6y agoETH302 was not operated by a US airline. There's a reason why I'll blindly get on a US major and make more checks and be more choosey about boarding airliners operated by countries with far looser training standards. Even prior to 2013, you could be an SIC ("first officer") for a US operator with just 250 hour minimums required then by the ATP certificate. Colgan Air 3407 ended that.
- kevin_b_er 6y agoThe left seat was 8000 hours.