Here's the real world. These 'kids' are smarter, better and more knowledgeable about the way to do business than you'll ever be.

I was at SkyWest for all of 9 months before I moved onto the mainline of choice. That makes sense because I am a retired USAF officer and pilot. Needed a shot of recency-of-experience to get my app scored but that was it. Staffer the last year-and-a-half so no flying.

But saying that, my resume and credentials are what you'd expect of a 24-year mil pilot.

During my all too brief stop at SKW I was paired constantly with CA's a decade or more younger than me. In every case I was impressed by their depth of knowledge and scope of understanding about the civil aviation world. I couldn't imagine making the transition from mil flying to left seat without a substantial time in FO land learning the ropes.

You mentioned you've been out of the seat since 1995. Your lack of humility before the passage of years is stunning. Such an intractable animosity to taking the time to learn puts you way beyond the acceptable. Who would want to sit in a small cockpit with that ego?

SkyWest is not the place for that kind of arrogance.