Originally Posted by
sflpilot
RAH is running the Q operation and for that matter their entire airline in exactly the same way that Colgan operated. So really no change there. As far as the 300 lifers, many of them should not be flying anything that carries passengers. Many of the lifers were so bad that they had been repeatedly rejected by the majors over the years, hence the term "lifer." When I was at RAH I was told by several captains that they would personally refuse to deadhead on a flight operated by certain RAH pilots because they did not trust their flying abilities. I also witnessed a female captain who was my simulator partner for a PC perform in such a disturbingly poor manner that it made me scared to ever be a passenger on any of her flights.
It's almost scary to think that these same inept individuals that are unhireable by any reputable airline feel entitled to slide right into a captain seat at a major. Isn't it true that the union president himself was terminated for busting multiple check rides?
Yeah, that's exactly who I'd want flying my family around.