Originally Posted by
CBreezy
You aren't necessarily representing a brand. You are flying an airplane. The regionals get lots of low marks in customer satisfaction metrics. There are plenty of people who hide in the cockpit do the absolute minimum every day. When everyone has similar qualifications, they are going to want the person who goes above and beyond even in their off time. That's what corporate America loves. Just better deal with it. That's the world we live in.
The corporate America I work for could care less about your volunteerism. They only care that you produce for them. And they're happy to pay sick 6-figure salaries.
The airline's standards for hire has always been psychotic with no real basis in reality. If they need pilots, standards drop. If they don't, standards skyrocket. It works on supply and demand. When they feel the squeeze, as they are now, they hire anyone with certificates and a pulse. There are pilots I know at regional airlines who have no business flying a C152 far less a jet...but they're there...doing that job.