Originally Posted by
Duffman
What does concern me in regard to safety is that a year ago legacies were hiring mostly regional check airmen and now they're hiring regional FOs who aren't eligible for upgrade, so what's going to happen in a year or so when they're hiring CFIs? Regional training programs are built around training 1500 hr CFIs, but legacy programs expect everyone to have substantial jet experience already, so I see some issues with adjusting training programs at that point, especially if someone is going from 1500-hr CFI to 777 bunkie for 2 years.
This has nothing to do with DEI, but what concerns me is that same low time regional FO gets hired onto 777 bunkie for one year and then bids 737 captain. A regional captain hired with thousands of 121 PIC hours could easily upgrade after just one year on property, but if we’re going to award inexperienced people captain seats, I sure hope we change our training footprint to allow more time for both training and evaluation before turning them lose.