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Dear Media: Copilots are Pilots!
Good god, a copilot at the controls! Most reporters seem to have no idea this is perfectly normal. Contrary to what a lot of people are led to believe, copilots are not "apprentice pilots," and both cockpit crewmembers are fully qualified to fly the aircraft. (www.askthepilot.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
never read such rubbish
Do you reckon any of the media talking heads will even realize that the "CO-PILOT" in the Taiwan crash was senior to the Captain in both hours and time with the company and I think type as well.
Bravo. My brother is a 73 PILOT with an American airline and until recently remained a senior 1st officer by choice- for the reasons mentioned. In many, many cases he had thousands of more big jet hours than the Captain. The media's impression that the typical US trained First Officer as being less a capable pilot than the Captain is a load of hooey as the author well illustrated. This has always been a bone in my craw.
Dear media,
Stop portraying aviation as an extremely dangerous way of travel. When even one thing goes out of the norm in aviation the news has to portray it as if it were a close call with death...I don't see this when people are messing up small things on a bus...I only hear about bus crashes(which by the way is considerably more dangerous than flying) when a ton of people have died, but when some plane gets its a malfunction and needs to land, that makes the news and is taken as if flying is somehow inherently dangerous...which it is not. I mean take a look at this website for example...see all the thousands of aircraft in the sky? Yeah these fly every day day in day out, and there have been less than 5 of these planes that have ended up killing everyone on board. Even when companies make extremely terrible mistakes, they don't show for at least a few years, that is how safe it is. Stop treating it as if a small joke, or an attitude, or locking a pilot out of a cockpit is life threatening(unless the pilot has a gun in which case it is life threatening). Thank you.
Stop portraying aviation as an extremely dangerous way of travel. When even one thing goes out of the norm in aviation the news has to portray it as if it were a close call with death...I don't see this when people are messing up small things on a bus...I only hear about bus crashes(which by the way is considerably more dangerous than flying) when a ton of people have died, but when some plane gets its a malfunction and needs to land, that makes the news and is taken as if flying is somehow inherently dangerous...which it is not. I mean take a look at this website for example...see all the thousands of aircraft in the sky? Yeah these fly every day day in day out, and there have been less than 5 of these planes that have ended up killing everyone on board. Even when companies make extremely terrible mistakes, they don't show for at least a few years, that is how safe it is. Stop treating it as if a small joke, or an attitude, or locking a pilot out of a cockpit is life threatening(unless the pilot has a gun in which case it is life threatening). Thank you.
Dear Jhon Lewis, plain Janes don't make the news , much less Page 3 . Do I need say more ? :-p
I once flew on QX / AS (SJC-BOI) and in the process had some conversations with our co-pilot, on a Dash-8. She (yes, female co-pilot) had actually csme to QX with numerous flight hours in Navy jet fighters .. as the PIC. No matter the aircraft, I would have no concerns as media or passenger of any US co-pilot .. I trust the system to ensure the people in the cockpit, are qualified to be there ..
Are functions of pilots and copilots interchangeable ? Literally ? With no exception ?
Are the words pilot and copilot only exhibit hierarchy prevailing in the airline where they work ?
And do they both get equal and same credit of flying hours ?
How do the words " xxx hours as copilot " reflect on the CV of a (co)pilot ? I mean how do they translate in terms of shifting from star board side to port side ?
Are the words pilot and copilot only exhibit hierarchy prevailing in the airline where they work ?
And do they both get equal and same credit of flying hours ?
How do the words " xxx hours as copilot " reflect on the CV of a (co)pilot ? I mean how do they translate in terms of shifting from star board side to port side ?