Originally Posted by
toomanyrjs
There is a huge amount of truth in this statement. Regionals simply do not have the same hiring standards as majors. They never have and they never will. Anyone with a freshly printed pilot certificate and a pulse automatically qualifies. The lifers at the top of such a list, are lifers for a reason. They may hide behind whatever statement to make themselves feel better, but they're still lifers at a regional. Why should someone's career failure be rewarded with a seat at a major? The continued shrinkage and eventual implosion of the regional industry is a good thing that will hopefully return flying back to mainline where it belongs. A side benefit is the purging of those who really have no business being in an airline cockpit. It's a harsh reality, but not everyone deserves a spot at a major.
Neither did NW, UPS or CAL and I'm sure others that didnt have very high standards back in the day. Plus your premises that lifers are there because of their situation. I don't know any. My situation is nothing that you speak of. I just enjoy my 120k, 18 days off a month and never being an an A/C for more then three hours. Oh yeah, plus my four weeks vacation, 401K and my short drive to work.
My history, went to ERAU was a legacy intern, no DUI's that you speak of, so who are all these criminals you know that choose to stay at the regional level. You guys love to spread this spew because of your own short comings in life. A legacy job isn't what it used to be and if your at UAL its not gonna be what you have today when in about three years they go BK again.
I could careless about others getting a job anywhere. I do what's good for me and my family. Plus my wife makes more the a senior 74 captain so not everyone's situation is the same as your son!