Originally Posted by
sulkair
It IS embarrassing, but when people are treated like children, sometimes they act like children. Not an excuse, just a reality. Regional pilots are treated like dirt, and then suddenly expected to behave like professionals. To their credit, 99.9% conduct themselves with professionalism even when their companies don't return the favor. Please, I'm not condoning this or making excuses for it, I'm simply saying it doesn't surprise me at all.
It's still not a good enough excuse for what this guy did. Are you getting a mental image of this? I don't think you are. A 121 cptn scooting through the terminal in front a lot of the general public IN UNIFORM WEARING WHEELIE SHOES!
I stand by my original statement. This guy needs to be stripped of his ATP. I personally don't want him amongst our ranks. What an utter idiot.