Originally Posted by
darkzone
Just for Mr. know everything pilots out there who have been suffering lot till they got their dream 121 job after couple thousands hours and supporting the 1500 Hrs rule. Please be advised that all rest of world airlines do hire 250 wonders and give them great training. These guys fly 737's at these minimums and they upgrade to 777 FO when they reach 2000-2500. They can also do well when emergency happens. See link below and let's think what is wrong with our aviation training here in US. Sad but true neither training departments nor experienced captains wants to share experience and spend extra time training new pilots. Everyone shall set back and relax and new pilots shall suffer for few years paying dues till they hold a line at 121 carrier for freaking peanuts of pay scale. This is ridiculous. Working as CFI may help build some hours but doesn't help learning SOP, CRM, V1 Cuts, Pressurization and emergency descents, TCAS conflict, Dutch rolls, manual reversions, systems, Engine failures, separations, fire....etc
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Why is it so hard to understand why the majority of us want to see people build their experience one step at a time?
Pick a sport, they all start from nothing and have many steps to make it to the majors. Football and baseball both start in grade school with little league, move on to JV, then varsity, then college, and then A FEW move on to the NFL/MLB. IN NASCAR, there are a hundred or so modified racers for each driver starting at Daytona.
We pilots should likewise start small, prove our worth, and advance proportionally to our skills.
Bad analogy. Some guys join the pros at 18. Some of them leave college early. Most of them join the pros right out of college. In some sport guys play in the minor league or farm teams and are pulled up from there based on performance and may only get a shot if somebody gets inured. The aviation industry is nothing like that. If it is then the guys getting hired young with low time must just have a lot of God given talent. Not really.