1,500 hour CFI’s join the ranks everyday at any regional. The regional upgrade success rate is much lower than at the Majors for good reason. Some of the new hires will unintentionally sabotage a flight more than a few times a trip. Some are actually rock solid, but it’s obviously inconsistent and you’re always on high alert out of the left seat. Amazingly that’s probably the least stressful part of the job for me personally.

At the end of the day a jet is a jet and I can promise you nothing sets you up more for failure than some of these clapped out regional jets.