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You delta guys are a funny bunch...I just saw your avatar and it says record shattering profit facilitator...In reality, us pilots, whether at delta or Mesa, are nothing more than meat in the seat..If it makes you feel better then yes you can feel important...remember purple, pilots are laborers, nothing more...

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These Delta guys are very strange people...There must be something wrong with their hiring process...Its not the first time and it won't be the last..By all means, they are NOT astronauts...Proceed on...

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Lol...Delta, tools

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The regionals are a dangerous place to be learning how to fly a twin engine aircraft. I, myself got hired at a regional with 300 hours back in the 90s but we had a thorough sim evaluation and initial training was up or out attitude, no second chances..We were also required to do a turbine transition course in a beech 1900 level d sim...All before starting initial new hire training..With my whopping 300 hours I had 70 hours multi time..These minimums were for flightsafety academy interns/instructors..Normal mins for regionals were around 1200TT/200 multi and American Eagle and Business Express required 1500TT/300 multi..How times have changed..

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If one is a decent pilot, they can fly any airplane at 1,500 hours..E190 is another RJ and flying an RJ is no different than flying an A380..I flew both and can even go on and tell you that the A380 was much easier to fly than an RJ..I think guys here make it a big deal because you will get to bypass the regional airlines via the jetblue program and they resent that because they want everyone to pay their dues because they had to..More of a jealousy/resentment issue than a safety issue..E190 is another RJ no different than an E170 or CRJ...

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2,000 SIC Embraer 145
2,500 Multi Engine
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