Originally Posted by
GoCats67
While your first paragraph is true, it doesn't point to hypocrisy or even what the company desires, it points to what the Union was able to negotiate. If the company had their way, they would just fire pilots whenever they needed to (maybe just for the winter months???) and then you would have to re-apply when the company needed more pilots.
Unlike furloughs, when it comes to hiring the company gets to make the rules. (within FAA requirements) They can and do come up with some crazy stuff, but you can either:
1. play by their rules or
2. not play at all.
Complaining about them, criticizing them, laughing at them on a public forum, sure that is what we pilots do. However, ultimately you still have the two choices. If you choose option 1, then in this case that means go get current.
That doesn't mean that afterward everyone here will agree you are more qualified than others, but it does mean that the majors will think you are more qualified than others, and theirs is the only opinion that matters!
I don't disagree. The company holds the keys to the vault. You know, that 7 million dollar lottery ticket.
I was pointing to the hypocritical comments of pilots who support the notion that regionals are the place to get current, if you've been out of the cockpit for a year you'll cost money and time, and the most bs comment thrown was our training is better for those who aren't current.