Originally Posted by Pilotpip

It's amazing how blind people are. It's only been six years and yet they seem to forget how bad the industry was. Prior to 9/11 airlines were hiring with similiar minimums and a lot of people had this mindset of being a captain as soon as they hit ATP mins and being at a major in less than five years.

All it takes is a look over at the captains I'm flying with. Many had to wait four years to upgrade, didn't get hired until they had a couple thousand hours. Some of my fellow newhires need to realize how good they have it and shut up.