Originally Posted by
JetDoc
Why is it ok to be hired at regional with "low time" or "lack of currency" but not a major? Especially for a mil guy. What's the difference? Is it not the same job? Same mainline passengers, 90% of which haven't the slightest clue that they aren't even on a mainline jet. In the same airspace. Same weather. Same airports. Same controllers. Same everything. I would love to hear the logic.
Its been explained to me that regional training is set up to take pilots with mostly piston CFI work and get them working in a high performance turbine world. In other words...slightly different pace than at a major.
Major airline programs that I have talked with people about assume that you have been flying 121 and know that part of the business and the training can be done at a much faster pace.
There is a marginal probability that a non-current mil pilot will fail 121 training and lose their job and carry a black mark on their record. The assumption (valid or not) is that the probability of them failing at a regional is lower and that will reduce the probability of them subsequently failing at a major.