Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
SoFloFlyer and Justabusdriver are FOs who are actively trying to leave NK, it seems. So their perspectives vs those of us seeing the difficulties on the line with a lot of the new hires, differ. If their biggest gripe are CAs who can’t connect to our inflight internet (not sure why anyone is trying to connect), but if that’s your current gripe, lucky you.
But there is a common theme on this subject; FOs hired in the last year or so are the ones saying “help the guys, it’s not a big deal” and CAs are the ones saying “it gets tiresome.”
Easy to just say “help them out, it’s not a big deal,” but I know I sure feel like single pilot without backup more now than ever before, that usually isn’t a great thing in this profession. It isn’t they (new FOs) don’t want to help, 99% do, it’s they don’t have the foundation to be much of a help. I want to speak fluent French when I go to Europe, but 2 years in high school only gets me so far.
Again, the guys we hire have been very nice guys to work with; but man has it become a butt kicking dealing with NKs lack of everything out on the line, compounded by our new lessened hiring requirements.
Me trying to actively leave doesn’t play into this at all. If NK was going to stay NK, it probably would’ve been a different convo entirely. The reality is JB folks like the abuse and we like to live life outside of the flight deck. Besides the point though lol
I get why CAs gripe about it. I’m not ignorant of that fact. I get it completely, but complaining about it doesn’t help. I remember being lost in the sauce with comms when I was at my regional. Not because I couldn’t handle comms, but I didn’t know the first thing about ramp and metering. I could read back an app clearance, but everything else before that was foreign (albeit, it doesn’t take long to figure out). ATL or ORD on the ground can be a handful for anyone going in on their first time.
I hear the complaints on here about comms, but a lot of CAs on the line don’t complain too much about CFIs. It’s usually 135 guys that tend to struggle longer. So this whole comms thing took me by a bit of a surprise.