Originally Posted by
4thgenaviator
Hey, did you see that?! It was the joke going right over your head!
The point behind my tongue in cheek remark is that, as pilots, I don’t think we’ll ever be happy. We could get paid infinite amounts of money and have every day off that we could ever want and we’d still complain about something.
The committee worked hard, got us a few good things, and gave up a few good things. I think that the extra money as captain would make me feel a bit better when getting extended or juniored. But that’s just me. I think it’s also important to realize that staffing is most definitely an issue now, but the training department IS catching up, AND we’re only slated for what, 57 planes total? Our hiring is slowly catching up to our orders which (at least in theory), would reduce the number of JMs.
Idk, I’m an idiot and don’t think gud sometimes. So take that for what it’s worth.
Training dept is not in any way catching up. Crew Planning will not release captains from the line to go to instructor training. Sims slots are going unused for lack of instructors. New hire FOs taking 9-11 months to get through OE. I flew with an FO this month who finished OE two or three weeks prior. He finished OE at the 10 month mark. FYI. I will say though that we do have some great instructors and they do a great job.
Last edited by Future Cpt Kirk; 07-30-2018 at 03:39 PM.