Veteran at controls of Flight 214 had flown that type of plane only nine times before , airline says . A pilot 's general target zone is within the first third of the runway . 777 veteran pilot says learning how to fly different airliners is not a big deal . Ex-DOT official : It 's `` Highly significant '' that pilot had never flown 777 into San Francisco . Comment: I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it was because the captain didn't know what he was doing.
Veteran at controls of Flight 214 had flown that type of plane only nine times before , airline says . 777 veteran pilot says learning how to fly different airliners is not a big deal . Ex-DOT official : It 's `` Highly significant '' that pilot had never flown 777 into San Francisco . Comment: I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it was because the captain didn't know what he was doing.