Originally Posted by USN(Ret)
So if your 50 and flying a CRJ, you're a failure. Why is it with you "little boys" that everyone must be at the absolute top of the food chain by middle age, or they're a loser.
I'm afraid you're in for a rude, painful awakening in 25-30 years.
I'm not a little boy, and I hope to be a boeing captain by age 50 (it will tight). If I end up staying in RJ's, that's cool too, this beats all the other jobs I've had. Regardless of where I end up, I certainly don't look down on any career airline pilot regardless of what he happens to be flying (unless his obvious personality dysfuntion is clearly the reason he is retiring as a 1900 captain).
However, there are some pompous asses at certain regionals and personally I don't see the basis for it. If you assume god-like proportions in your own mind because you have 8,000 hours in an RJ, you deserve to be ridiculed!