Originally Posted by
Old UCAL CA
The kind that gets hired post-deregulation.
Qualifications and experience have taken a nose-dive.
I remember the accident rate of the pre-deregulation crowd.
Every since those guys retired, we don't really have fatal crashes that often.
Weird...
I also remember MANY of those guys hired with minimum experience.
Automation has helped our safety record, but moving away from the "old way" of doing things has saved countless lives.
Thank goodness the old guard left. Flying is much safer nowadays.
