I gotta say I only have two captains that I just dread when they show up on my schedule here at Southwest. One is unsafe and the other one is just a miserable old man - and he is only about 60. The first one I will not fly with ever again (he may have even retired but don’t know that for sure). The other guy I will fly with, but it simply is not pleasant. Before I upgraded at the regionals, my grocery list was shorter than my bad captain list and I actually used every slot available on my avoid list.

I have been here coming up on five years and flown with hundreds of captains. I have my favorites like anyone else, but overall I would say our captains are well above what you will find at most airlines. Most of the FO’s I know feel pretty much the same way (not that I actually know many FO’s that well - we just don’t cross paths.)