Originally Posted by
BusBoi
I've been a NK captain for two years, flown with lots of junior, low time pilots, and I haven't had anyone who was arrogant or anything like that. All good people, they realize they're inexperienced, and I enjoy mentoring and helping them along.
2 whole years? Wow. Half joking, but…
The last 2 years have been a lot of ex CFI FOssnd I’ve found them to have great attitudes. They come in acknowledging they are grateful to be there and open to learning. These pilots don’t have the competitive mins for the legacy airlines so them “bailing” was never an option.
I think what the other guy was referencing was the wave before that; lots of 1-2 year regional FOs who have it “all figured out” in the right seat. These seems to have been a little more difficult. Those were the ones who were more than vocal about leaving, which is fine, but I don’t care about your future at XYZ if you can’t work the radios here in a yellow Spirit plane. Only issues I’ve ever had in over 10 years as a CA here were those FOs, with CJOs at a legacy, and have checked out here at NK and their job as a first officer