Originally Posted by
buscappy
Bill Traub told our indoc class in the summer of '90 that we'd be captains in 3-5 yrs and widebody captains in 8-10. Managers tell that same story to each new generation of suckers. Listen to the old line pilots who have seen it all... twice. Better advice.
Well he ended up being somewhat accurate. I know there were 1989 hires in 767 Captain school in 1998.
For what it's worth.