Originally Posted by
EJetter2016
Lots of guys that went to TWA without 1,000 TPIC found themselves flying widebodies to Europe and ended up back on the street after AA's criminal acts. These newly unemployed pilots couldn't get anything better than a right seat RJ gig because of the "unimportant" TPIC. That hurdle will come back one day. Only a fool would think otherwise. Safe flying.
Are you suggesting in my post I stated TPIC was "unimportant"? My post clearly does not. It only states that there are more important qualifications. TPIC is not as important as it has been in the past.
More pilots are getting hired today without it than any other time. Most of this type of hiring is done by JBLU, Virgin, Alaska, Frontier and a small amount at the Legacy's.
And, not only was AA wrong for what they did to TWA it was also right after 9/11. Those pilots were at the wrong airline at the wrong time.