Originally Posted by
gloopy
I don't know anyone at DL that looks down their noses at regional pilots. You've been consuming too many stereotypical "van admiral" stories from the 80's or whatever.
I've observed a LOT of regional jumpseaters on DL flights. For every 1 DL pilot that is prickly towards them, I've seen 100 welcome them aboard with open arms, or take their own bags downstairs to make room for the regional pilot's bag, or take the FA jumpseat to get them on. And 9 out of the 10 of that 1 in 100 that were jerks would have been jerks to anyone. But I'm willing to bet there isn't a regional airline around that doesn't have their 1%ers that are jerks.
When you accuse others so broadly, and so baselessly, of having a chip on their shoulder when its not true, it kind of makes you look like you have one on yours.
Everyone's hiring right now and likely will be for a while. Want a better airline job? Do the work and prep and get a better airline job. I'm sure you're qualified WRT skill. There are other things they look at though, personality being one of the big ones.
Don't get bogged down with defensive pessimism or blame others. Stick with it, and always work to improve yourself. You'll get to where you want to be.
Gloopy, I both jumpseat and DH on Delta a lot. I get treated good either way. However, there is a difference between the FNWA crews and the LDAL pilots. I can't describe it, but there is a different feeling. We notice most when we deadhead and aren't jumpseating. The FNWA crews are much more friendly. We all notice it. Every airline has a culture. The DAL culture is different than all the other legacy carriers. Sorry if you find that offensive, but it exists. You can tell a difference between the DAL and Western guys usually too.
I appreciate your concern for me. I'm happy where I'm at. I'm too old to move on. This is a second carrier for me and as I said before, my previous profession didn't have such a divide between members of the same profession. In addition, the pay and lifestyle didn't have such a wide divide between the bottom and top of the same job as this one does. For the life of me, I don't understand why there is such a difference between the top and bottom in this profession. It doesn't exist like this in any other profession.