Originally Posted by
Av8tion
The solution is really easy... you give super-seniority to the pinnacle guys who are under 1000/100... they can't be displaced... then when they get over 1000/100 they go down to where they would've been displaced to... I can't imagine too many pilots being more than a couple months from meeting the time requirements... as much as I disagree with pinnacle's criminal hiring practices, I disagree more with pilots being kicked to the street after being guaranteed a job....
Here's an even easier solution: how about all new hires actually have experience flying, as in 1500 TT, an ATP, actual PIC in something besides the little mosquito they soloed in. Fly cargo, checks, instruct, SOMETHING!! I'm tired of the pilot mill / wet ticket, clueless parental trust-fund idiots!! Go prove you can actually hand fly something, at night, in weather, possibly alone even, and do it for a few years.
I see baby captains with no PIC in anything somehow survive upgrade only to scare the crap out of countless FOs. It's not a matter of "if", it is a matter of "when"......