Originally Posted by crewdawg52
No such thing as management pilots.......Those in management dont know how to fly. They go to Harvard or Yale, become lawyers, and learn how get get very rich while intercoursing the employees who actually work for a living: be it bag smashers, gate agents, pilots, F/A's, etc.
Well Crawdawg.. I was a management pilot (check airman) for a major airline. Nope.. didn't go to Harvard or Yale but did know how to fly. Solo in a J3 Cub at 16, quit High School to enter Air Force enlisted. Did my 4 years during the cold war. Oh yeah, I'm 72 years old. Worked for FAA as a controller, instructed during time off, owned a herd of airplanes, hired by the major airline starting with DC-6/7, then BAC 111, B-727, DC10, turned Capt., Airbus A300-600R, then Check airman 757-767 and MD-11 Domestic, Atlantic, Pacific and ENJOYED working with regular line pilots doing everything I could for them. Also instructed in simulators 707, 727, DC10. Obviously you may have had some bad experiences along the way but please don't label all management as "bad guys". We all love to fly.. try to remember that.