Originally Posted by
The Cavalier
Can we please quit making such a big deal about this? Many of our new hires have experience in large aircraft that fly all over the world. Continental put new hires into the 757/767 for years. They put more than a few into the 777 in the late 2000's. Besides, the 7ER is a cake walk training cycle for the avg new hires compared to the 88. We're the only airline that I can think of that makes a big deal about the 757/767.
It has nothing to do with that. The ER captains are so far removed from their FO days, that they no longer remember all the housekeeping stuff the FO has to do. They rely on the senior FOs, with the institutional knowledge, to do it all. At least the junior CAs on the NBs remember how to do that stuff.
Besides, those guys are too grumpy to make good baby sitters.
