We were all new at one point, that’s a given. BUT, many of us cut our teeth at the regionals or other places for many many years before even getting a shot at flying for a major. That experience is invaluable. It’s not tribal knowledge, or some other blather, it’s just experience. Doing your experience building at a major, instead of at a regional is something many of us Captains thought we left behind when we vacated our Captain jobs at the regionals. Teaching 20-something’s the ins and outs of the 121 world is different when you’re flying a 50-seater to Killeen or Knoxville vs. a A321 with 200+ pax 5 FAs to San Jose Costa Rica…. And, many of us are just getting fatigued of it.

So, I’m with Cinco…. I’ll set the brake and take a breath and let the other guy catch up.