Originally Posted by
Blue Dude
Not interested in flying with a switch monkey. I'd like for the FO to have some there there, as in actually have flown planes in the real world, made good decisions and bad, and be able to offer up options based on some experience other than sim session 24b.
Originally Posted by
ProPilotBlue
No doubt if any whining starts up, it won't be taken well. But it shouldn't be, in my opinion! Don't whine about how hard reserve is when you're at your first airline, earning $90,000 in your first year. Nobody who flew for years on end making under $25,000 a year is going to listen to that for very long.
Two decades ago: flew with boatloads of 185hr TT time guys. All their training was for straight 121 and they ended up flying for a crappy ACMI in semi controlled airspace, with controllers who spoke little English and not many ILS-s. Best part was, none of them ever complained about anything, all were eager to learn, and after a few months, you really didn't have to hold there hand anymore.
At NK now, still would take most of those over the grumpy 10 year regional guys that never got the legacy interview.
Definitely would take the shortcut if I could, and so would you.