Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
Your guess would be wrong. Pinnacle used to fill classes with all 250 hours Gulfrstream pilots with no degree. These pilots as a whole were the bottom of the barrel. More than half the Pinnacle pilots probably do not have degrees
Like the Comair and the Delta pilots, Pinnacle pilots voted yes.
After management gets their "yes" vote, they put away the wine and roses. The honeymoon is now officially over.
It is going to be interesting to see the Air Force Academy Captains dealing with some of their new hire FO's who decided against pursuing an education beyond high school and who have absolutely no idea of how the Air Force runs a flight deck.
XJ & Co. will be amazed when the approach briefing begins 1.5 hours prior to descent (4 hours if the destination is Quito, Bogota, or Tegucigalpa ) ... not that that's a bad thing.
I might bid over to the ER just to watch the show.
