Originally Posted by
HercDriver130
This EXACT thought process that so called regional pilots are somehow inferior or less than those who fly at mainline is why mainline and feeder jet carriers will never integrate on any large scale. There is NOW and has always been this air of superiority promulgated by mainline pilots. FACT of the matter is Mainline MGT does not want any large scale integration. FACT is... they want OUT of the domestic business directly... meaning they would prefer that ALL domestic flying or at least the vast majority of it is done by contract or wholly owned carriers. They have been moving in this direction for 20 years ....the train has left the station... going to be real difficult to put that train back in the shed.
I'm not saying I'm inferior..... on the contrary, I don't think so at all
I just need time to become a better pilot. BUT, the reason I wrote what I did is this:
Staple: Me, behind all other Delta guys, who have 3,4,5 thousand hours.
Integration: Me somewhere in the middle of the newest pack of Delta guys who go 3,4,5 thousand hours flying, and applied and made it based on those qualifications. All of a sudden there's a guy senior to them with 1000TT. How does that make *any* sense?