Originally Posted by SkyHigh

Many of the legacy and cargo pilots today were hired ten or twenty years ago with flight times that wouldn't even get a second look by HR now.

I watched as a 44 year old, nice, but train wreck of an adult human being get hired at FedEx with 2200 total and 500 SIC turbine in 1996. I am sure that he is a captain by now and most likely would say that I didn't "pay my dues".

I witnessed a 23 year old ditsy gal get hired at UAL in 1999 with less than 1600 hours and a reputation that she couldn't find the runway on a visual approach and couldn't fly a normal pattern with out flight director help.

I could go on. I am not trying to bash them or anyone else. It is great that they were able to reach their dream jobs. My point is it that in the last 6 years the industry has changed dramatically. People who were hired back then would have their resumes thrown directly in the trash today.

Me and my entire generation paid our dues. The industry has changed. The pilots who are setting the minimums of today most likely could not have gotten hired with the resumes thay had back in the day.

SkyHigh