Originally Posted by
Hacker15e
So, it isn't like every "new hire" is some chump off the street that doesn't have the superhuman airmanship it must take to be an MD-80 Captain (which can only be obtained by 121 hours at a major).
This! I've witnessed senior Captains, to include a LCA, do some stuff that made my heart skip a beat. Also, were the guys involved with some of our more recent "incidents," junior or senior guys? If there is one thing I've learned over the years, is that no one (myself included) is immune to mistakes and even the most experienced guys can do some jacked up stuff sometimes. Some people need to get over themselves.