Yes.


Now, he does know his aviation, and apparently can fly. He also made a lot of money running his flight school prior to coming to the airline. He would tell us about it often. (gotta wonder about somebody who had to brag to a bunch of strangers.)

So, we all wondered why he would come to an airline that paid so much less than he was making already.

"It's the dream," or something similar would be his answer.



But he lacks professionalism and maturity.

In class one day, the instructor asked, "any questions?"
He said, "What kind of porn did you watch when you were young?"
*crickets* and
I mean, where did he think he was?



But that is just one glaring example.



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I get it, if he didn't like the lifestyle, or he wanted to go back to making more money, fine. Say that. Maybe he just loves instructing, or GA, great! Tell the audience -- a bunch of learning pilots like yourself -- that hey, airlines are not the life for everyone. The schedule can be challenging. The time away can be challenging. There are other challenges. And there are other ways to make a living in aviation.



If you want to be in the airlines, do your research so you can prepare for your nutritional and physiological needs, the demands of the life, and the other challenges.
--(APC was a great tool for me. I've never lack quality food nor had a problem commuting, because I knew what I was getting into and I learned from others how to mitigate the downsides,)-- (APC is not all complaining, just mostly.)



BUT, that's not what D-bag said. He went online, in his uniform, to trash talk the airline that had given him the opportunity to fly jets, travel the world for free, and gain the turbine experience he will now use to further his career.



BTW, The FOM allows us time to meet our physiological needs (food, bathroom, etc.) because they distract from our safe operation.



Telling us he arrived with no sleep and no nutrition to operate a 121 flight sounds like admitting he -intentionally- operated a flight when he knew he was unfit to fly. He should lose his cert. for endangering passengers and the public. Telling the public that his behavior is the norm is smearing me and all other pilots with the same feces-covered stick.



... understand that the first few years at a regional are part of paying your dues. D-bag quit at 19 months, right when all his classmates who had no prior 121 time are upgrading to Captain, with the pluses of higher pay and PIC time to build toward the next step, and the minuses of being back on reserve for a time.



-- Me, I'll take the money (more than I made as an FO, unless I wanted to work my butt off, have no time at home, and hope the pay claim was right and the extra actually showed up,) and the PIC time, which, in about another 18 months should be enough to get me in the door at any Major I want, if I don't want to hang out for the flow. Then the real dream begins. Sure, more time on reserve, but at six figures, a healthy retirement, and an aircraft I can stand up in.



And it only gets better from there.



Maybe his video just bothered me because I knew the guy. Maybe it was because of the smearing us all with the feces-covered stick in a public forum that has now made national news.


Maybe I just think people shouldn't be D***s.