Originally Posted by
LarryJ
That doesn't make any sense.
Every new B777 pilot starts with 0 hours in B777s. Their first hours in the new airplane, at least 50 for a Captain, are flown under the supervision of a check airman flying in the other pilot seat. That final stage of training was in progress on the accident flight.
How do you expect a pilot to build B777 time if he can't fly a B777 until he already had a lot of B777 time?
Not to mention the situation where the airline acquires a new airframe for the first time (e.g. 787).
A real question - how does an airline put pilots with enough flight hours in this case?