Originally Posted by
N2Core
I've had the pleasure of working at several regionals (2 of which because DAL can't seem to make up their mind which group of "crazy loose cannons" they want operating their aircraft). I can count on one hand also the amount of people I don't want to work with, not because they are bad pilots, but rather because they are just bad people. I have never seen, in my short career, anyone do anything unsafe or ignorant. Nothing that would raise any flags to me, or any mistake that I know someone else in some other cockpit at some other airline isn't capable of making. 99% of the people I have come into contact with have been good pilots who make reasonable decisions when it comes down to it. And that same percentage of pilots come to work, try to have a good time and do their job right also. There is not one thing, mistake, difference, or ability that a DAL pilot has that any other relatively experienced pilot has. They just make more money doing it.
I have to agree, I can't think of one incompetent pilot I've flown with in 5 years. I don't know how he can say they have such a high percentage of super great people/pilots. I don't jump-seat that much but I've seen some miserable FOs at NWA/Delta. I've seen a high rate of Captains that love to micro manage. I don't know how you can like coming to work being micro managed to death every other trip as an FO. If everyone is so experienced shouldn't the crew know their respective job/role and not have to be told what to do every 2 minutes? The crews I encounter are always cordial but I think there is some serious exaggerating going on here (there is no company in the world where 99% of the people are great people).