Originally Posted by
toomanyrjs
The issue at hand is why any RJ pilot should be entitled to skip the rigorous hiring process set by major airlines. It would further cheapen the profession if those highly coveted jobs were just handed out to any idiot regardless of their qualifications. It's a sad but true fact that hiring standards at regionals are not even in the same league as majors.
You have it exactly opposite, it's those rigorous standards that got people to accept regional wages in the first place. That's what cheapens the profession.
BTW, a friend of mine on the first page of the DAL seniority list, was never hired by a mainline, over the years he was acquired to that position.