I understand people are frustrated but it was still in poor taste. Kinda hard to gain TPIC while busting your a## for 6 years in the military as a crew chief.. Certainly has just as much (probably more) merit as farting around in the left seat of a crj all-the-while enjoying the good life here in the States..

There is much more to "experience" out there than time in the left seat of an RJ. When certain people understand that maybe they won't be so quick to complain when someone with a totally different (and impressive) background gets the call first.