Originally Posted by
nimslow
Show me where anyone has said anything against seeking improvements here? This whole thread has been about other people falling on their sword, and bashing anyone who might want to be a check airman.
Have a look at the open time for the next couple of days, there are plenty of ca's and fo's flying extra, for straight time, in every G2 status I looked at. So while thats still going on, I'd dial back the "little pecker and a name tag", and "stroking their ego's" comments. (I realize you didn't make those comments, but they are here, in this thread).
Just like R57 was saying earlier, if you are a junior captain who lives in DFW or CLT, or commuting to base, and is either working every day on reserve, or flying the crappy four day trips the junior people get to enjoy for 16 days a month, being an X type check airman can most certainly be a quality of life improvement.
No doubt that line pilots are also screwing everyone over. The union can’t get away with hinting at not picking up open time, they can get away with highlighting shortcomings of becoming a CKA. So applying now is flying directly in the face of union strategy, which feels like a pretty crappy thing to do to me.
My comment above was in response to someone saying “must not have been that great of a gig if you left”. Feels very much in the same vein as “why don’t you apply to delta then?” The point of the original comment was to show how a regional had better rules for their CKA, and I can’t see why the response would be anything other than thinking there is much work to be done here. If I misinterpreted, I apologize. Just seems counterproductive