Comment by rurban
1 day ago
Only the captain was extremely experienced, the FO was a rookie. He wouldn't have had enough hours for an European airline
1 day ago
Only the captain was extremely experienced, the FO was a rookie. He wouldn't have had enough hours for an European airline
This is not true at all.
Perhaps there are more qualifying statements that you meant to include? The certification and type rating requirements certainly differ between agencies, but in terms of raw number of flight hours it’s easy to find that this statement is false.
He had 1100 hours on the 787 alone. 3200 hours altogether. Most media sources just went with the former figure as his overall experience.