Some thoughts

[High_Alpha]

By the same token, other's shouldn't be flying single pilot. There are pilots that need the crew environment and team out of necessity.

I agree that this is true, and it definitely happens. Do you consider this acceptable? I know the levels of air safety we've achieved are due to the crew environment, and I know the crew environment is necessary... I'm just wondering if you'd say that someone who just "shouldn't be flying single pilot" on basic principles should (theoretically) be a part of a crew, either?

A bit of thread creep, maybe, and I'm not trying to be argumentative, either--I'm just curious...

 

[MikeD]

I agree that this is true, and it definitely happens. Do you consider this acceptable? I know the levels of air safety we've achieved are due to the crew environment, and I know the crew environment is necessary... I'm just wondering if you'd say that someone who just "shouldn't be flying single pilot" on basic principles should (theoretically) be a part of a crew, either?

A bit of thread creep, maybe, and I'm not trying to be argumentative, either--I'm just curious...

Hard to say due to the different environments. And I'm not necessarily referring to CRM (for those that were wondering), there are just some pilots I've personally seen who can't, for whatever reason, operate single pilot without getting overly task saturated, or losing SA, unwilling/unable to make command decisions or decisions on their own (need the committee vote), etc. In a crew, they seem to be fine....due to a kind of "co-dependance", if you will. Saw it alot in my cargo days with guys we'd hire who either were furloughed from a commuter, or went to a commuter and excelled there. See it in the military also.

 

[BajtheJino]

Bajthejino,

It seems like it's just a job to you, and you just want to go to work and get it over with. I may be wrong, majority of pilots are very passionate. But if you don't like it that much,quit, there are plenty of people that would be more then happy to fill in.

Again this is way off the OP.

Ok, you have no idea what you're talking about. It is a job. Its a job for anyone thats gets paid to fly. I do it because I enjoy it. I get paid to do what I enjoy. The thing is I take my job very serious.

Let me guess, those guys that would be more than happy to fill in for me would probably do it for free. Are you one of them?

 

[Turbine]

lets not go into those subjects.

I think you should be compensated for your work.

I saw that there were many people commenting on the Colgan flight, therefore i decided to write this post, and share what i thought.

People may have thought about everything i wrote in the original post, or maybe not. Which is why i threw that out there to consider.

Anyway I'm not arguing, as said, this is no flaming post.