Originally Posted by
jumpseat2024
You are generalizing this pilot group way too much. Not every CA and FO are "low-time". How is it any different at Envoy when you have a new hire in a CRJ with a new CA that came off the EMB?
I didn't say they were.
In your situation with envoy, the new CA coming off the EMJ would have at least 8 years of experience flying 121 at this point. My concern with PSA is that it is quite possible to get a brand new Captain, who has upgraded in just a few months of line service, with the minimum 1000 hrs 121 time, with perhaps a hundred hours in type, sitting next to a 1500 hour new guy who had 5 busts in primary training. You see it is not about any one variable, but too many of them together. I would agree that switching airplanes from FO to CA is not that big of a concern by itself; I never said it was. Someone took what I initially said and ran with just this one part, though I was clear.
Can it happen elsewhere? Sure! Mesa and TSA have short upgrades too, but currently, as Pagey said, PSA is the lowest. I was actually just asking if he thought it would be a concern. CLT guy clarified that it probably is the exception to the rule as most of your FOs currently upgrading come from other regionals like Endeavor, with 5+ years experience and plenty of CRJ time.
I'm trying to be a nicer guy here, but some of you run off on the defensive too much. If your effort is to silence any naysaying, have you noticed it has the opposite effect? If you had let it die with the normal and rational conversations Pagey and CLT guy had, I would not still be here posting.