[FLYGEEZER]

Flying time ,or the lack of it, always comes to the surface during any investigation of an accident. Thirty years in the flying business taught me that "total time" doesn't mean a damn thing. Airmanship is something you have or don't have. It is the container that situtational awareness comes in. Some twenty years ago after doing a check ride on a flight engineer that failed, he commented at the debrief " I've got 3000 hours in this equipment" My reply was, "No you don't. You have 300 hours.. ten times!