Learjet 60 crash in West Palm Beach

CFI A&P said:
No argument here. Some of the instructors at 142 schools are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about their craft, but corporate limits the ability to teach anything that's not on the script.

Circle at JFK, MEM, or JNU? Yawn, we can all do those in our sleep. How about ILS 6 circle 1 at TEB when the weather is • with 30kt NW winds? Sorry, can't do that - it isn't on the approved maneuvers.
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I don’t know if it’s the instructors in the Global group but I’ve been given some great, plausible scenarios lately I’ve never seen before.
 
While past performance doesn't guarantee future results here is my prediction.

The FAA is going to mandate the 1500 hr rule to part 135. If Biffle’s crash brought an end to single pilot waivers, I can definitely seem them putting ATP mins as a requirement for charter operations.
 
If only they’d actually look at training…I think mandatory sim training should be required for anything requiring a type, differences training per FSB report should be mandatory for 91 as well as 135, and sim centers need to both modernize curriculums around proven training philosophies like AQP and FITS while upholding standards consistently. Sims are fantastic training and evaluation tools that are used mostly to check boxes and play video games in my experience as a 91 client. And if the check clears…you’ll more than likely pass.
 
Old Boeing Driver said:
I haven't read all the posts here, but has there been any info on the captain's background, and what he was doing during this disaster? A post somewhere said there was a gap in his aviation experience.
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That is something I've been wondering, although I know nothing more than his name and his ratings. It's funny how the focus has been on the young female FO.
 
CFI A&P said:
Those within the industry are unwilling to accept that middle-aged white males have balled up more aviation appliances than any other demographic.
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So the question then becomes did he need someone else with more experience in that cockpit with him? Someone to tell him he might be making some wrong choices. Someone older? Someone with more jet time?

This is why I think the FAA may react on this one. At least with 135. Us 91 guys are a bunch of cowboys anyway.

“Rules? Where we’re going we don’t need rules”
 
Wardogg said:
So the question then becomes did he need someone else with more experience in that cockpit with him? Someone to tell him he might be making some wrong choices. Someone older? Someone with more jet time?

This is why I think the FAA may react on this one. At least with 135. Us 91 guys are a bunch of cowboys anyway.

“Rules? Where we’re going we don’t need rules”
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I agree, this will probably be the catalyst for some form of change on part 135 experience requirements. However, with that being said from what is publicly available, she had a PIC type that was restricted. I think it’s 61.64(f), but not sure. We don’t know if having an ATP would’ve changed it. but she needed a different captain or he needed a different FO, either way the two of them together did not trap or mitigate the errors leading up to this.
 
Wardogg said:
So the question then becomes did he need someone else with more experience in that cockpit with him? Someone to tell him he might be making some wrong choices. Someone older? Someone with more jet time?

This is why I think the FAA may react on this one. At least with 135. Us 91 guys are a bunch of cowboys anyway.

“Rules? Where we’re going we don’t need rules”
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Careful, the FAA has no problem clamping down on 91 too.
 
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