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To: JLAGRAYFOX
“Why did the First Officer (Co-Pilot) on the Ethiopian Airlines crashed B737MAX aircraft have only 200 active flight operating flying hours on the B737MAX aircraft.

I'm not so sure that is relevant. After all, how can he ever get more if you never let him in one. The relevant question here would be how many hours did the pilot have? Was it substantially more than 200?

35 posted on 03/18/2019 2:52:00 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: T. P. Pole

You let him or her fly in the jump seat behind the Captain and then during the flight, you give him or her seat time flying & landing the airplane. The problems arise in an emergency when the Captain must give his or her all attention to the critical problem at hand, while the First Officer (co-pilot) continues to concentrate on flying the aircraft, keeping it functioning as an airworthy flying aircraft.

Furthermore some foreign cultures preclude the junior officer from informing the Captain of mistakes he or she is making in trying to correct the problem at hand. The first officer is considered as a subordinate when they should be considered a seamless member of the flying team. You might have noticed no problems in the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, etc.the countries that live by rank, status, and senior operator is King are having the troubles. I am not saying this is the crash cause, but..it should be considered with the other facts and evidence of what went wrong.


51 posted on 03/18/2019 6:03:28 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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