Originally Posted by
TSioux55
Thank you for your service. Sounds tough and I’m glad I didn’t go through all that, so again, thank you. But all that doesn’t mean you are more qualified for a 121 job than someone with several thousand hours of 121 experience.
My experience here shows that quite a few of our new hires are arriving with both an entitlement mentality, and, as the saying goes, "Writing checks there bodies can't cash." It seems to be among the younger crowd (twenties and early thirties) coming from a year or so as captain at their previous outfit.
What some of these guys fail to understand is that their 1000 PIC Turbine is the MINIMUM requirement for getting an interview. Most of the guys on the property here had 3000+ PIC Turbine to get the interview prior to this hiriing wave. Those were the competitive numbers back then. Moreover, I've had to counsel some of these Millennials to tone down their bragging. I tell them they'll be flying with guys/gals with combat experience, air medals, years of bush pilot flying, and thousands of hours 121 PIC Turbine. And while their box work is often very good, their hand flying and decision making are more in line with a young, inexperienced pilot.
I prefer the old way: pilots hiring pilots.