Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Note the Excargodog? I did my time hauling packages in 135, and nothing but respect for the guys that do that - or 121 cargo either. But I’m done with that.
But nothing against my fellow pilots who wound up there. You do what you got to do to get to the next level, and a new type rating - especially a heavy type rating - looks much better to the HR types on the resume than “uh, I got typed in an Embraer 140 (or even a 175) a decade ago.” And those guys are flying now, not mostly sitting like the junior 121 guys.
Don’t get me wrong, you do what you have to feed your family and to move up - and some people just like cargo, boxes don’t beech and all that.
But I remain amused that you persist in your efforts to psychoanalyze and demean me, but I guess it’s all you got since you haven’t been able to rebut (and have been unwilling to attempt to even address) a single thing I’ve posted. Keep name calling. It doesn’t fool anyone.
I found your research complete and accurate. So you have that. I’m afraid that’s all you’ll get. No one is going to refute the numbers because they are what they are. Your conjecture about the motives of mainline are generous to mainline because I’m not sure how much planning went I into that. The carrot I agree with. Little to no cost to them, little risk. Ensuring against a supply issue for the future you did leave out. I think that was a hedge but again it implies a level of forethought for which I’m not sure they deserve credit.