Originally Posted by
GoHomeLeg
If a regional guy did what he did people would have claimed it was our "lack of training" that caused us to avoid the bird.
You (and a few other regional lifers) are so far off the mark about Sully. He is not insulting regional pilots personally. He is simply commenting that the regional system lags behind the major carriers when it comes to their safety departments. He does not say that all regional pilots are bad pilots, but that it is much easier for a bad pilot to get on with a regional than a major carrier. Do you think the training department of Great Lakes is on par with United? Neither does Sully. Sure, you might work at a regional with the best training department (insert today's greatest regional), but there are many more smaller carriers who are simply trying to survive that don't have the resources the provide great training. Right now regionals are hiring anyone whose logbook has 1500 hours and some are upgrading them as soon as they reach insurance minimums. They don't have the time to wait for these new captains to experience a winter deicing and will count on a 10 minute PowerPoint slide taking the place of actual experience.