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.

Be humble, do not lecture or start doing things that aren't in the F/O purview and for gods sake don't start any phrase or speech with "in training we did it this way".

Sorry for the rant but I can't figure out why some of the the latest batch of millennial new hires seem to be so full of themselves when starting out anew?

For the majority who do play the game properly and aren't full of unearned bravado, thank you and welcome. Beers and food are always on me for the half-wingers, (even if they do fit the mold of the guys I'm mentioning above), and I'd like to think that you've joined us knowing full well of your position and seat and are receptive to the mentoring process that so many of us have benefited from.