Originally Posted by
Der Meister
Hummm maybe because if they realized that with a small sacrifice they would make more in the long run? 6 months no insurance for your kids, a spouse could always get a job to make it work. Couldn't make it work due to living on the edge, get a loan. All I see is excuses, its as if you are a millennial. Full of excuses and expecting everyone to fell sorry for you...
You can make countless excues as to why they didn't take the job back then. But with the emergence of the LCC's there is no excuse other then just being entitled and lazy. Great you have 15k hours in a jet, what else have you done in your life??? The number of times I flew with someone that felt entitled to a job with a major was astounding. Just because you have some experience X place for X time dosen't entitle you to anything. Unless your regional has a flow, you have nothing at all and are equally qualified to the guy sitting in the right seat next to you.
At this point anyone over 10 years at a regional as a CA is a liability and NOT an asset like they think they are.
Sorry, but I will have to humbly disagree. We have some incredible captains with invaluable experience. Some of them were not ever able to move on. 9/11, bankruptcies, and the age 65 rule caused quite a few of these guys and gals to have to blaze a trail for you and me that would never have been possible had they been able to move on like they had originally planned. Nobody comes here planning to stay, but it happens, and not necessarily because of laziness or inadequacy. The reason we have the best training in the industry is because of the vast experience in our training department, and most of them never planned to be here as long as they have been. Life is not always fair. Some of those folks are living proof.
Rant over.
Atl