For those that are getting hired without the PIC turbine, it's no wonder that the new hires are having some problems during training. I shall remain nameless, but in my opinion hiring someone without any PIC time is crazy. CAL is spending quite a bit of money, over $30,000 per new hire, to train them. And some of these new guys with no PIC time are killing the system. I watched quite a few get retrained over and over during training on the same event. I'm very surprised that CAL didn't just drop them.

Anyways, I would rather have an FO that has some experience being a captain rather than a new hire with no idea what's going on. Anybody else feel the same way, or am I just being pompous?