And guess what, wanna measure johnsons, 15k+ hours, multiple type ratings, flew the EMB, and all the variants of the CRJ from the rope start Hooptie with A engines,intermix and Bs,prior to SKYW flew the Pacific from OAK to the islands in single engines to turbo props on delivery runs, single pilot, delivered above the artic circle, south of panama too, pre GPS. My "attitude" with the 40k numbers is that sour spot on the seniority list that think because they spent 2 years on reserve, their dues are paid, guess what you aren't nearly as good as you think. My issues are when I let some 40k numbskull roll towards OKC and 60 miles out they are still cruising along fat dumb and happy at 39000 and no ATIS read, nor even asked for, no thought to descent planning. I asked him at 90 miles if he was gonna get down on time, he said yup. Let's say we had a long downwind.
The joke is I aint even that good, just good enough to survive stuff that killed more than a few of my coworkers. If you wanna go into the night freight stuff we can go there too if you like. I am trying to convey to some, that getting hired is just the start of a long learning process the ends when you retire, but you shuttle commanders know all that stuff, right?