Originally Posted by TED74

I've known many an ignoramus with a decade of experience in their given fields. If you see drama in my post, or think my interest in preserving an exceptional safety record has anything to do with one's "safe space", I pity your inability to think critically.

If you understand ORM in aviation, you know there is an inverse correlation between risk levels and experience in type, especially in the first 500 hours. A particularly unforgiving aircraft like the MD88 (and unpredictable avionics like those in the Chinese-operated 90s) will exacerbate challenges...your hyperbole aside.

Sure, experienced crews can bring elevated ORM levels to any operation. But on average over thousands of operations in any given month, less experienced crews (and captains) will bring more risk. If you disagree, perhaps we should mask flying experience in Airline Apps?

Originally Posted by Tanker1497

ORM...there's a real solid safety tool. We used it, right up until we couldn't use it and fly!

Originally Posted by tunes

have buddies in both the Jan 3 and Jan 9 classes

Originally Posted by CAtoUTJC83

When was their CJO?

Originally Posted by Klondike Bear

Last deployment I went on I got a lecture about how my crew's ORM score was too high. The next time I flew it was changed by the squadron comander. Crew stopped doing ORM after that. No one said a thing to us about it.

Originally Posted by FL370esq

I would bet the company lifts F/O seat freezes before we ever see an off-the-street Captain.

Originally Posted by TexanDriver

Was there a class today?

Originally Posted by sailingfun

It's funny that it was not that long ago that the 88 was considered one of the easier aircraft to transition to with great avionics. Times have changed over the years!