Originally Posted by
757Driver
Side note to all applicants. Been flying with quite a few new-hires lately and to say I'm disappointed with some would be a grave understatement. After being hired, check your old Captains hat, 4 stripes and ego at the A/C threshold. You are no longer ensconced on an RJ in the left seat and are one of us now. Not sure why, but with a solid portion of the guys and gals I'm ending up with, their inflated self importance has left me speechless. Yes you have three, count them three stripes now and yes that dude to your immediate left whose been on the property for some 25+ years is now in charge.
Haven't done it yet but am so ready to fill out a sub-standard probationary report on some of these peeps that my pen hand is getting an itchy trigger finger. Through the lost art of mentoring I have headed most of these cases off at the pass and let the fellow Captains in my base know about the perps as follow-up.
It's worth mentioning, and you may have already tried it, but this is the kind of issue that is perfect for ALPA professional standards. They can deal directly with exactly this sort of issue. And as you say, maybe all it takes is a come to Jesus talk, it's worth it to save a career. Again, as you know, but not to scare the new hires on this board, your career hangs by the proverbial thread. Don't be a dik. No matter how hard it is to do, listen to that jerk in the left seat.
The company should be the last resort to solve this problem. At least in SFO, the flight office is not a pilots friend.