Originally Posted by
Cyio
Since I was infracted for not using nice language and offending someone I will repost.
Our industry requires us to suck up to as many people as possible from many different companies regardless of being over qualified for the position.
Most industries want qualified people to fill the needed slots. They like you, you like them and it’s all done. Both parties happy.
Not the airlines. You have to go around proving you are willing to outspend, out travel, out pace and suck up more than your peers for a job that we are already doing. It’s not liking flying a mainline jet is in anyway shape or form different than flying a regional.
Anyway sorry for the offensive language of the first post. 🙄
And that right there is probably part of your problem. You think you are in the “flying airplanes” business. Flying airplanes is your technical skill, but just about every pilot position I can think of is in the customer service industry. Air show pilots have to keep sponsees happy. Crop dusters have to keep farmers happy. Cargo, the cargo clients.
Probably 90% of the issues I dealt with in day to day pax flying dealt with customer service, leaving the cockpit and dealing with issues. If you can’t display that skill most pax carriers don’t want you. Heck, even in the cargo world you still have to deal with “clients”. Loadmasters, ground people who don’t speak English, you name it.