Originally Posted by
reCALcitrant
Just for what it's worth. I was hired with 2000 hours, not a son, intern, etc. and will probably be a widebody captain at 5 years. I can promise you I am more than qualified. Not just the time, it's the type of time a person has.
Wow, qualified. And humble to boot.
Do you think that YOU are the ONLY one with quality flight time? Does that mean that they should negotiate a side letter so that superior pilots like you with "quality" flight time can bypass the more senior son/daughter/intern pilots who never had any PIC time?