On 2/28/2010 12:30 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:01:12 -0500, "J. Clarke"
>> > wrote:
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>>> And if you ban general aviation then where are your airline pilots going
>>> to come from?
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>> From the military, they way they should.
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> You'd better reinstate the draft then. Not enough military pilots to
> fill the need these days. Not enough pilots with enough hours from any
> source. Those commuter lines have some pretty raw talent up front. They
> make less money than teachers too, jet have hundreds of lives in their
> not so experienced hands.

Yep, the young man who was flying the walmart airlines Dash 8 that went
down in Buffalo last year killing all 49 passengers had only logged
something like 12 hours more than was required for the rating he had. I
am sure both he and the girl who was flying right seat were well meaning
good folks but they just didn't have the experience. Walmart airlines
just expected too much for $19,000.