Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Remember we're debating the utility of a 1500 hour CFI in 121 jet?
The 1000 TPIC RJ CA is the guy the majors traditionally hired, and my proposal was that he'd have a seniority number and unrestricted bidding.
But I've continued to learn along the way. I agree the learning curve flattens out somewhere, but it's a lot closer to 10K than to 1K TPIC. Bear in mind that international and over-water adds whole new dimensions of things to learn (not all of which can be found in a book).
I will say this... if you've got 1-2K TPIC and think you're done learning, I'll let Iceman speak for me...
https://youtu.be/18x-7inBrmw?t=7
Lol dude you’re not addressing my points at all, as well as twisting around my words. I never said I “don’t have anything to learn”,I learn new things
every day I fly, and I have never stated otherwise. What I’m saying is
is there any evidence a high time pilot performs in such a way that brings the company a higher profit relative to their pay increase? Does that extra knowledge save the company a tangible amount of money? Landing 1’ beyond the thousand footers or 1,000’ doesn’t change the company bottom line a bit as long as you don’t blow anything up. The company doesn’t lose money when some newbie busts an altitude and files an ASAP. The 1500 hour CFI gear swinger is bringing the company in just as much money as the 5,000 hour F/O that refuses to upgrade. I’ve been nearly burned by just as many “professional” mil and corporate F/O’s as I have the 1500 hour CFI’s. At least most of the 1500 hour CFI’s are willing to get coached and speak up if they don’t know what they’re doing. The last “professional” guy I flew with jacked up badly enough on his duties that it required an ASAP and he yelled at me for making him write it. The CFI’s might screw up but they tend to be humble and willing to learn afterwords.