Originally Posted by
Rascal
Why the preference for less expierenced pilots? When I was hired at a regional 10 years ago, 1000 PIC min. was almost the only way to get a shot at the interview. It took me 7 years to upgrade and by then 1000 PIC wasn't the magic number anymore. Maybe I should hide my PIC experience
LCA I recently flew with told the story about a newhire on the narrow body fleet in ATL. Said new-hire was let go during IOE for supposedly blowing off walk-arounds. When confronted, said pilot said " I was a captain at my regional for over 10 yrs, and non-flying pilot always did the walk-arounds."
LCA supposedly says "well culture here at Delta is that Copilot does walkaround unless pre-arranged with the Captain, but in the absence of an arrangement, copilot walks"
Apparently new hire didn't think that was appropriate and wanted to start "changing culture". According to LCA, said new hire is no longer with Delta (could have been multiple factors as one supposes if a newhire really takes that stance, probably going to have other "culture" issues with the company).