Originally Posted by
grim04
Again, just like all 14 of your posts you fail 5o miss the point. YOU WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO FLY FOR A MAJOR AIRLINE. I'M TIRED OF THIS PILOT SHORTAGE DOOM and gloom. We get thousands of apps with qualified people every 6 months for 250 slots a year. There is no reason for this program at all. 20 pilots a year? Doesn't do a thing. I'm not a babysitter and none of the other captains are either. WE ALL HATE THE PROGRAM AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT TAKES THIS ROUTE WILL BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEIR LINE OF THINKING IS SHORTCUTS
Instead of raging with your caps-lock on, please ask your employer (I assume you're a CA with JetBlue)
why they're creating this program and inform me, and others, who are interested in this and similar programs. You seem to know something they don't and I hardly doubt they're willing to create useless programs for no reason other than to simply to anger the current pilot group. Let us know what they say.
Also, what you are saying about all pilots hating this program is simply untrue, evidenced by the responses from current pilots in the other thread and on other forums.
The only reasonable argument you have made so far is that there are other, more experienced pilots available
today, which I agree with, although it's a moot point as the situation may change in five years (and hours alone do not guarantee you a position...). What will the situation look like in four years? Ten years? What will the situation be like then? My understanding is the program is designed to safeguard against a looming problem, not a current one.
If one of those experienced pilots with an app currently on file at JetBlue (and the other 10+ or so Major/Legacy airlines) doesn't land a job at a major, do you really think it's because of 20 pilots hitting the line 5 years from now?
Applications on file aside, at what point is a pilot experienced enough to fly at a Major? You drive this point continuously but can never provide data or examples. Why doesn't this apply to me if I fly an E-175 with Republic? Does the public know their Regional FO is not experienced enough to command the airplane safely? If that's the case then I won't fly on Regional aircraft anymore due to safety concerns.
I can't tell if the anger is that there are pilots with more hours already on file today, or that the program will create unsafe pilots.