Originally Posted by
John Carr
Its a shame the hiring process lets certain people through, and he’s a bit misguided in the way he spoke.
But, as I mentioned in another thread (maybe this one), there’s a bunch of CA’s here that are on their first upgrade/loggingTPIC for the first time, and it shows.
Only way to gain experience in the seat is to upgrade. Can’t be an FO forever. I know I know… fly as an FO first then upgrade, but 2 things…
1) If roles were reversed, no one in the older generation would give up upgrading at a legacy of given the same opportunity.
2) Most FOs who took the upgrade at indoc (maybe all of the FOs?) were either CAs at the regionals or UA is their 3rd airline. If you can’t do the job by now, idk if another 3-5 years would change things