Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
I've never flown with someone at DL that has raised anywhere near that level concern. The few bad apples that I've encountered here are guys that you just wouldn't mind not having to spend another trip with.
I did go to pro-standards about one CA at 9E... he actually got fired about a year later. That guy was a doozy. Awful pilot and even worse personality.
Fair enough.
But considering regionals don't generally get to select from folks that have a bunch of large aircraft, high 121 time, I think they do a pretty fair job weeding out the majority of the nutjobs. It ain't a perfect world, but I'd still put my family in the hands of any regional pilot rather than those of a cabbie.
And if the bad apples you have flown with are good sticks but don't play well with others, that suggests to me they are not creating a good CRM environment. That can be just as bad has being a bad stick. A good CA can keep personal, political, religious, etc., issues out of the cockpit and keep things safe and professional. I have flown with plenty of folks who I don't care to fraternize with, but they have all been folks I would trust to perform.