Originally Posted by
SailorJerry
So at Mesa when I flew all 3 RJ variants in a single day, it was just a fluke? The issues you guys have aren't an issue that any single carrier would face. The only required training is 3 landings to go from the 7 to the 9. And that's only for Captains. It's gotten that hard to go from a manual bleed panel to an automated bleed panel in the last 3 years huh?
And for the record, I'll be very happy flying your airplanes with a Delta ID someday. The product of outsourcing has nothing to do with the newest generation of Delta pilots. Had we been the majority, I assure you, you'd be a Delta pilot already.
The issue at 9E for mixed flying wasnt so much a safety issue as it was a pay issue. With only 16 -900s and 140 -200s, if I recall management wanted vacation, sick and all that time to be paid at -200 rates, and only get the -900 rate when flying the -900, plus, the question of sim checking events. What if you hadn't touched a -900 in 6 months (not hard, with only 16) and then go into a -900 sim for evaluation. Not that it would be hard, but still it is 9E and who knows what could happen to you. Most pilots didn't want to touch this dual qual issue because of these pay/QOL issues.