Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

How much just absolutely terrible info can you cram into one post?

Anyone claiming to know anything 5-10 years from now other than there are going to be a lot of retirements is speaking out of their rear end. Given your ever so astute analysis of the 717, your fundamentals might be a bit off hilter when it comes to judging economics anyways.

Let's exam the rest of this pile of junk: Starting out, you need to understand that I currently train new hires (among others).

All the majors and legacies highly value military experience. They have proven themselves in the most difficult training programs in the world. I was a bit curious as to what it would be like to teach them, particularly the single seat guys. Two words: Absolutely fantastic. They have to try harder (they are the ones you see in the CPTs late at night), but the discipline and ability to learn is phenomenal. The fact that they've never operated an airliner, nor possibly even worked in a crew cockpit before doesn't matter. They get it done and get it done very well. I completely get why they value this so much now.

regional FOs (well connected or not): I haven't seen a single one. I know 3 or 4 have been hired, but there have been over 700 people hired this cycle. Hardly an epidemic.

regional captains: I have yet to personally encounter a regional captain with LESS than 3000 PIC. Most that have been hired have spent a decade or more at the regionals. Yet another steaming turd thrown out here by you.

Which, well.. that pretty much tosses out the last part of that paragraph.

AA and UA value the military and PIC experience similarly, although AA has hired a handful more FOs. Your doom and gloom is laughable. Sure, a few connected people sneak in like the female you speak of, but that doesn't even account for half a percent of those hired.


How does it feel to be so very wrong?