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Originally Posted by jyl

You airline pilots, do you think the economic struggles of the airline industry, or other factors, are resulting in more poorly trained, inexperienced, tired, or otherwise less capable flight crews flying commercial flights? Or do you think the quality of the typical commercial pilot is the same as it was 10, 20, 30 years ago?

I'm no airline pilot, but I know there is a huge amount of demand out there for pilots. Quite simply, there's more pilots retiring than there are joining the field. That demand may be putting pilots in the cockpit a bit too soon, which is disturbing.