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Originally Posted by jeremyc74
Or more likely the guy just screwed up. It was coming into Evansville, so it's not like there's a lot of traffic to deal with that would require him to get in line. They have like four flights an hour or something. 
Besides, it was just an example. The fact that they're cutting corners is very well known, and there's been a lot of talk latley about the experience level of regional pilots. |
i'm not surprised after the crash of Continental Dash8-400 at BUF...but some are media blowing smoke to the publics...
but AFAIK, mainline pilots and regional pilots receives the same training then off to type specific...which one scares you more? a regional pilot with 20+ years experience, or mainline cadets (which most asian and middle-east airlines do) with only 2-5 years experience flying a 747?