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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In a message dated 12/7/2001 8:00:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, kc16@qwest.net writes: << If you have an instructor checking you out in a machine......what difference does time make???????? >> This is a joke, right???? Or are there really intellects like this out there flying?? Gosh, I wonder why, after passing my first Part-135 multi-engine check ride with slightly over 500 hours total (a check ride typically administered to ATP standards of performance), that I couldn't be considered for the left seat of a 'Dash-8 in Part 121 service??? (The next 1000 hours of flight time provided sufficient experiences to answered that question satisfactorily). I wonder why it takes an ATP rating AND at least 100 hours in type (or suitable sim experience) to even be eligible for PIC of a Part 121 flight? And I wonder why it takes a minimum of 1500 hours total time (with other barely minimal requirements for PIC, cross-country, IFR, etc.) to get an ATP rating? I wonder if these barely-minimum qualifications are a reflection of the generally apalling skill-level of pilots educated under the civilian structure? (Especially when the military can take a suitably-qualified person "off the street" and turn him into a superior fighter pilot in something like 250 to 300 hours. Even then, it takes some EXPERIENCE before he can go on to higher levels.) Using your "reasoning", the argument could be made that everyone who passes the check ride for the instrument rating is fully qualified to go out and fly any kind of "hard" IFR. In fact, quite the opposite has been proven to be true (with a few rare exceptions). << If that's the case....I'd just as soon not even associate with any of you that feel that way. I'll fly my machine and see you all around! >> Glad YOU pulled the plug before one of the "elite" had to. Probably saved all of them a great deal of embarrassment. Now, if your insurance carrier had an insight into your attitudes............... Jack Kane LML website: http://members.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please remember that purchases from the Builders' Bookstore assist with the management of the LML. Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com.