Originally Posted by
coopervane
I know ALOT of people who want to be pilots. More specifically they want to be JetBlue pilots. They've all been struggling and sweating for 8-10 years TRYING to get to a company like JetBlue. Raising kids on Regional pay. Flying legacy passengers around for years while being spat on by "real" pilots and mgmt. some of them flew combat. Now they want to bring ALLLLLLLLLLL that time, experience, and knowledge to make our pilot group safer, more professional and bring value to a brand we care about.
To spend the better part of a decade squiring this experience was hard work. Now we have a program for people to jump to the front of the line. All for the low low retail prpice of $125K.
So you'll excuse them if they feel a bit short changed by the millennial with mommy and daddy's checkbook. Who "wants to be a pilot"
Like I previous said, hate the program not the people in it. Just like it was the industry that screwed your buddies stuck at regionals, not them personally. I don't like the program either, but to take it out on the ones doing it is rather immature. That would be like a military dude that couldn't afford flight training and had to get all his hours through deployments hating guys that had mommy and daddy pay for Embry Riddle and make it to the majors before them.