Originally Posted by
gloopy
There is also the cries to the high heavens about cosmic hypocrisy and about not being good enough to fly brand X's passengers even though that's the passengers they are currently flying. But it goes so much deeper than that. Yes a connection pilot flies brand X passengers. So do the international code share partners. Big deal. An airline wants to know that you are a good fit for their particular culture, training program, mentality and pilot group. Brand X doesn't care if a connection pilot abuses sick time, other than the virtual airline's block hour costs in their unrealistically low RFP bid, and they don't really care about that anyway. But brand X does care about the connection pilot's sick time use when considering them for a position at brand X. Brand X doesn't care if a connection pilot is a tool on a 4 day trip because they don't have to fly with them. But they do care when considering that pilot for the mainline.
You don't see the hypocrisy in not being hired to fly a passenger in a big plane with the words "Delta" painted on the side but continuing to fly these exact same passengers in a small plane that says "Delta" on the side? I can't think of a better scenario to use the word (hypocrisy). The passengers all think Delta planes are flown by Delta pilots. If you don't want said pilot flying a big plane under the Delta banner then why is it okay to fly a little plane? It is the exact definition of hypocrisy.