Originally Posted by
Hedley
There were people who had no choice during the drop. I have personally flown with one. He was 25 years old, about 2,400 total time, zero TPIC and his only jet time was about 400 hours at Spirit from what I remember. After one year and 500 hours at United he will be going to upgrade training unless someone else bids his slot. With slowed hiring, hopefully that happens since he's not ready. I'm personally hoping that hiring does not get back to the pace that it was. Controlled growth is good, but the unchecked growth that we were experiencing was a problem waiting to happen.
He had a chance to make his slot available for someone senior. He choose to not give it up….
Sometimes the best way to learn is to just to get into the seat and do the damn thing… Gotta start from somewhere. It’s easier being a Captain here vs at a regional with the tools, resources, and support that we have.