Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
Couldn't have said it better myself. I was going to ignore the troll, but you nailed it.
I am sick and $%&*&%$ tired of hearing big shot mainline pilots talk about how much more "vetted" they are or any other entitlement adjective they want to insert. Fact is, they were at the right place, at the right time, and knew the right people. I didn't. Period.
Everyone knows a crusty 767 (only) Captain like Lambourn couldn't pass training on an RJ if his life depended on it. His 1983 technology 767 with autoland and autothrottles perfectly suits his technical and flying skills. This could be said about most of the crusty mainline Captains who look down their nose at us and tell us to pay our dues. They don't get it and will never get it. They got theirs. F the rest of you. Typical pilot mentality.
Sour grapes. Plenty of guys were hired at majors in the 2000's. My regional went out of business in 2005 and I was hired by an ACMI carrier (no connections) and a legacy 2 years later (2 connections.) You can't just wait for it to happen. Building hours and getting type-ratings is only half the game -- literally. The other half is networking and selling yourself at job fairs, volunteering ...
The legacies will be hiring record-setting numbers of pilots in the next ten years. Starting pay at Delta is in the $70-80K range. Game up, network and get ahead of the wave.
Or you could pontificate on a forum about the inequalities and injustices of this career and the quiet desperation that is the human condition.