Originally Posted by
BEWELCH
If airlines were forced to only hire high time pilots(1000+/ATP rated), then those airlines would operate just like Mesa. With the critical shortage of pilots, there would be cancled flights, crew trackers waiting at the gates, and days off would dwindle down to the bare minimums.
So, without us low timers you high timers would not be in the positions your in, or the positions your about to be in. In conclusion, stop looking down on us pilots that are accepting WORK with low times and start thanking us!
BW
so then why is mesa, which has pretty much the lowest mins in the industry, not able to hire enough people who accept that kind of work? ttheyre still cancelling flights and getting worked hard. heres a whole lot more to it than that.