And that doesn't get into less stringent training standards or the higher levels of training/maintenance documentation falsification inherent to less developed countries.
To continue my rant, in many less developed countries the pilots are even better and more well trained than in "more developed countries" because many pilots have a background in the military pilot training. This goes for many Chinese pilots as well. And they also go abroad to the US and/or Europe to get additional training.
One or two years ago, a plane from Chengdu I believe, don't remember exactly, but the window broke in the cockpit. The Pilot succeeded to emergency land the plane safe. He got a 5 million RMB reward. He also has a background as a pilot in the military. Don't know if it's the same I am thinking about as this one reported down here. Here it says that a co-pilot was half sucked out through the window but stayed calmed. Haven't heard about that detail before.
"The situation was very critical. The windshield was blown off at a 10,000-meter-high altitude. The aircraft was in a state of low pressure and a temperature was minus 30 to minus 40 degree Celsius," Jiang Wenxue, a Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) official, was quoted as saying by state news agency Xinhua."
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/15/asia ... index.htmlBut sure, I the experience of the pilot is extremely important when it comes to dealing with problems and malfunctions. But maybe the experience is more important than where the education has taken place. As Michael posted earlier:
"Off-Duty Pilot Saved Doomed Lion Air 737 From Nosedive Day Before Deadly Crash"
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/lion-ai ... eport.html