Originally Posted by
nuball5
I hope this isn’t true, but I’m sure there’s one idiot out there that thinks that. I’m sure the failure rate is higher for guys transitioning from the Airbus to the 190 anyway. I guess I better brush up on my TMAAT questions if I want to fly with the big boys one day.
Ya, I think it was just one or two crackpots but I've also heard of Airbus guys treating 190 guys differently, saying "JetBlue Express" etc. From talking to guys that previously worked at other major airlines, that wasn't the case with the culture there. Smaller planes are often more challenging to fly with lower levels of automation etc. The crazy range of pay scales never made sense to me. Wish you could just fly the plane that had the type of flying, schedules, and piloting experience that you want and the money wasn't a factor in the decision. I know that's not going to happen but if you compare the gross weights of the 747 and 717 and then look at the payscales we have a relatively much larger pay reduction going from the A320 to E190 (based on ratio of GW change to change in pay). Things are heading in the wrong direction IMO