Originally Posted by
PapaUniform
This, frankly, is insulting. Say what you will about Piedmont and its future, but to imply that the pilots at PDT are incapable of learning a new plane is ridiculous. A 250 hour guy can be taught to fly a jet, but not a seasoned, multi-thousand hour Captain who just happens to fly a turboprop? And before the "they have too many bad habits" argument makes its certain appearance, what was it that most of these other regional carriers flew before their shiny RJs? Seems to me most of them had propellers on them...
Airways has had issues in the past with senior Piedmont captains not being able to pass initial training. For a period of time airways was only hiring guys from the wholly-owns that have been through a major training event within five years because of this.