I see the opposite. Looking only at the YouTube personas (since I know neither personally), with Malibu I see a pilot who makes mistakes, but recognizes them, admits them, owns them, accepts criticism gracefully, and works to correct them. With Jerry, I see something very different.
I would absolutely love to see a comment from Jerry along the lines of, "boy, we really messed up misreading two charts in the same flight! I've done that before. Guess it's time to check my procedures and see if I can do better." Instead, even after the two chart screwups we got insistence it was ATCs fault, not his and Mike's.
That's not to say Jerry is immune from learning. I watched the threads which led to his mounted approach checklists to workaround the GTN-autopilot GPS glidepath capture incompatibility issue. But that's a rarity for the Air Wagner persona.
With Malibu, I see a distinct lack of skill and proficiency at handling the airplane. I never see that with Jerry. Leaving the AP on, in IMC, when it is oscillating on an ILS. Floating 1000' past the markers in VMC. Taxiing really fast and nearly causing an incursion. As much as one owns up to that, there's some basic airmanship issues there. I don't want to be in a plane with someone who I see with issues controlling the aircraft.
And you're right, Jerry does learn. The guy used to hate IFR GPS and autopilot as well, but now sees value and augments safety and efficiency doing so. I think some of the perceived recalcitrant views are simply a response to people being jerks.
- lack of a pre departure briefing
- lack of a approach briefing
-- unfamiliarity with 2-pilot cockpit operations
- distraction by conversations not immediately related to the safe conduct of the flight
- distraction by personal electronic devices in the cockpit.
1) He does PDBs on every flight in the 414, and emphasizes checklist usage
2) They weren't actually flying 2 pilot, other than comms.
3) That's on them, no question.
4) How so?
I've seen it - both versions and I agree with what the camera shows. But my point is "the nose cam" means nothing. Neither does the reported RVR. It's all about what the
pilot, not a camera sees when he looks up.
I agree with
@N1120A on this point: you watch Jerry enough and you develop an implicit bias to view everything he does in the worst possible light. I have it too but I recognize it and try (usually unsuccessfully) to combat it.
Someone on PoA admitting implicit bias exists in anything is refreshing.
SteveO does part 135 in Caravans, and he got a 709 ride.
I know he does/has done 135 in Caravans, but was the issue about a Caravan video? He seems to do more sim stuff in the Caravan videos now, so perhaps that's part of it.
Did he actually get a 709 ride though?
I was only half-joking in my earlier post about being competent before automation. It appears to me that he’s a “gadget guy” who doesn’t get beyond a surface-level understanding of what his gadgets do, and is easily distracted trying to make them work.
What his level of competence without automation would be is anybody’s guess.
His older videos are in a 340, with no working AP, an orange 1980s King RNAV and a 496 on the yoke. Say whatever about him - but you really can't say he's a poor stick.
There are several older videos in the 414 where he's flying with steam gauges, non-WAAS 530s and a non-overhauled Cessna 400 AP as well.
