Originally Posted by
Ellen
I've already made fliers to hand to paying passengers letting them know that their "Trusty" right seat driver is a 300TT pilot who had to practice more to get his/her driver's license than to fly a plane.
I can't wait to see their faces . . . ! They are going to SH!T.
keep ticket prices low and they're happy. the majority cares less about pilot qualifications with today's reliable and automated equipment. it might be different if we had one pilot crews. I'd be more concerned with US carriers outsourcing maintenance to foreign countries where quality of maintenance is inferior to that performed in the US. the foreign mechanics' ability to put food on the table is a bigger concern than wondering if signing something off will eventually lead to a disaster.
my $.02
