Originally Posted by
kevin18
It’s interesting to hear you say that as I often hear legacy pilots talk about people having to “do their time” at the regionals as if that something everyone should have to do. Am I misinterpreting the intent of that statement?
Originally Posted by
highfarfast
Yes. You are. The intent of the statement is that they dont care about you.
They've fought an uphill battle to get to where they are, and usually paid a lot of dues (some generations more than others).
I don't think we believe that the next generation should pay the same dues just because. But we're not willing to give up any of what we earned the hard way to save upcomong pilots from having to do so.
That said, *some* dues paying is a good thing since it builds character and experience.
Also military pilots with no civilian-track experience other than one legacy tend to have no sympathy at all.