Originally Posted by
Diverb
what is the rationale behind flight departments not wanting to hire a retired airline pilot? Sure there’s the age but they are coming with a ton of experience and they probably already have health care and that’s an expense of the flight department doesn’t need to pay
Here are some of the dumb reasons that I have heard as a former Part 121 Cargo guy on why “they” don’t want to hire retired 121 pilots..
1) They (retirees) can’t or don’t want to work at our athletic pace in Part 135 charter or Fractional 91K.
2) They are all Prima Donnas..
3) They will have a hard time flying as an FO with a younger Captain.
4) They will bring “the Union” here.. LOL!
5) They had their time…. Give someone else a chance!
6) They won’t be willing to lift bags, vacuum, straighten, or clean. Etc., etc….
Of course, these are all stereotypical anti-121 tropes out there from many who have actually never flown Part 121 or hated life at the Regional.. The above have all been disproven at my Company, where on of our hardest working and thankful to be flying past 65 is an AA retiree. In the 1990’s, a lot of scum bag Part 135’s and 91 Operators didn’t want to hire Part 121 retirees because they brought with them a certain level of safety expectations and propriety expectations that was “inconvenient”.. And there have been a few demanding bad apples, but that hasn’t ruined the batch.