Originally Posted by
m3113n1a1
Why can't you guys get over him being a captain? It's literally just a dumb title. Seniority list pilots get bought off their trips per the contract whenever these guys fly. Someone gets PAID to not fly.
Sounds like the only problem is people's fragile egos.
Plus managers do such a minuscule and insignificant percentage of the flying that it really has no impact on the line pilots in that category. But I can totally see why when an out of seniority manager starts to throw around their "unearned" title that it bothers people. At my previous company we had a few managers who refused to fly as captains until their seniority could hold it and they earned a ton of respect for doing so.