Originally Posted by
Xjrstreetcar
Probably better to put the interns in 25 year old cargo widebodies, as opposed to new Skywest CRJ 700s flying everybody's passengers in and out of Aspen or Cape Air Cessnas single pilot.
Accidents rates do eventually creep up at very high hours. Maybe those peeps with over 20,000 hours should be forced to fly fifty seaters, or maybe old and small airframes flying cargo does make the most sense..
Legacies don't fly cargo planes (actually not entirely true, but only a very tiny handful to places which are not for the faint of heart).
Can't discriminate against old people. To say nothing of seniority.
But they can start noobs on small planes... no law against that.
My unbiased observation... much higher CONSISTENCY in professionalism at (most) majors. Certainly the big ones.
Not so consistent at the regionals.
Some of that is age/experience. Some of that is the filter to progress from regional to majors... tends to concentrate those who don't make the cut at the regionals.
Also while I have heard anecdotes of age 60+ airline guys who are not at the top of the game, I've never actually met one. The guys I've met and flown with are plenty sharp. There are also plenty of doctor, lawyers, senators, presidents, etc over age 60.