Originally Posted by MEMbrain

Yours maybe, but not mine. MPL pilots can't handle as PIC a/c such as the MD-11.

Originally Posted by MEMbrain

Because I'm sick and tired of my commercial deadheads getting cancelled for lack of crews.

What the MAJORS need to do is have MPL candidates self-sponsor for a spot at a wholly-owned regional for a period of seasoning and mentoring by senior regional Captains who decide, or are "ineligible" to get a job at mainline. The regionals would have a stable crew force of senior permanent Captains and self-funding F/Os who will only work there for a few months of real world seasoning, before going on the their major airline right seat.

Originally Posted by MEMbrain

Have the majors hire MPL pilots and place then at the regionals for experience. They will work for peanuts because if they play the game, they have a guaranteed right seat waiting for them at the majors.

Since they would have a seniority number at a major from day one, they would bypass hiring the current generation of regional pilots, who are made up by large numbers of "undesirables". Therefore, only the best of the best would make the cut, kinda like what the military does.

They would fly at the regional to get some time in swept wing jets and then go to their major where they would continue their seasoning under experienced Captains and would eventually become productive, contributing members of the crew.

Originally Posted by MEMbrain

I know many up and coming pilots who would GLADLY "self-fund" their training in exchange for a seniority number at a major.

Originally Posted by MEMbrain

With my plan, the MPL pilot gets a mainline seniority number from day one of training, therefore he doesn't have to worry about what happens at his seasoning regional..... he has a number at mainline!

The regionals are littered with "lifers" who aren't going anywhere and could be used to give the MPL pilots seasoning before they leave to their major right seat. You could give the "lifer" regional Captain a small override to provide seasoning, but you really wouldn't have to, since he's not going anywhere and he would still have to fly his trips.

Hopefully the regional "lifer" Captain wouldn't become jealous and envious of his MPL first officer, who would already have a number at a major.