Becoming an Airline Pilot Q's?

Flying a "big jet" such as a 747 or 777 is "only hard" to the people who have little knowledge about flying, and are under the impression that the difficulty of handling an airplane is proportional to the size and weight of that airplane -

The only difficulty in handling an airplane the size of a 747 is in the taxi steering in confined ramp and taxiways - I have known a few pilots ending with their main gear in dirt and mud while turning on taxiway intersections - You car drivers, try to succesfully make a turn in a tight street with an 18-wheels semi-truck..!

Once lined-up on the runway for takeoff, the 747 is an easy airplane to fly -

And every landing is a greaser - I never had a hard landing in a 747 -

I had a few in other types...!

I have trained pilots (then for Cargolux) in 1992 who were newly hired first officers, of which some had about only 350-400 hours total flight experience, and had obtained their pilot licence only a few months (or weeks) before their pilot training with that airline - These pilots had probably slightly less than 2 or 3 years of pilot experience and training, all in light general aviation aircraft -

I have flown various airplane types, the 747s were probably the easiest and most stable airplane type that I flew during my career - A type of aircraft, that was somewhat difficult (and maybe dangerous) to handle requiring high pilot proficiency was the Learjet 23 or 24 that I flew occasionally... a rather small airplane...!

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