Originally Posted by
John Carr
Disagree. Even though the "north/south" occurred in this very digital age, the rest of which you mentioned all happened before the fancy fangled interwebz.
It's simple pilot douche baggery.
There's always been mil vs civ douche baggery , there's always been senior/junior douche baggery, the proliferation of the RJ's caused pilot douche baggery, giving away scope in exchange for a big paycheck and then being mad because the RJ "took our yerbs!!!" douche baggery, whatever.
I just happened to get a Skywest hiring pop-up and noted their hiring requirements. Another source of military vs. civilian douche baggery perpetuation. Evidently they view military pilots as the better candidates for flying airliners. Out of four requirement tiers, military guys are good to apply with 750 hours. Civilians need 1000, 1250 or 1500 depending on other factors. Military superiority complex is alive and well at one of our Delta Connection partners.