Originally Posted by
Rodviyr
I’m not taking it personally, but I just have to vent again: why is there is so much animosity toward an airline pilot with 25 years (or whatever) in at an airline - just because they don’t fly heavy equipment? Our airplane is about the size of a G5 - would everybody throw shade on a 25-year G5 captain because he/she didn’t “move on?” You shouldn’t say that being a 777 captain is the only legit civilian flying job out there, and anything else represents laziness or ineptness. Building a long career anywhere should be respected and rewarded, and might have even been done by choice due to whatever that person’s family situation is. Attitudes like yours help undermine our industry because it says that any job less than heavies over the ocean is a stepping stone and nobody should be there - repeating the industry lie since 1978.
It’s not about the equipment you fly, but who you fly it for. Moving up to a Legacy/LCC/Cargo offers not only higher pay but much greater stability. A 25 year G5 captain is probably well established in a stable corporate flight department or at NetJets. A career pilot at a regional is always at risk of his company losing their contract, and even wholly owned are not immune (Comair, ASA).
My dream airline job would be living in base flying mostly turns on the Bus or Guppy with the occasional overnight in a warm location close to an aqua colored body of water. Long haul international is fatiguing and slightly boring once you’ve coasted out. That’s what makes a job at a legacy so prized, there is something for everyone.
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