[quote=SkyHigh;571134]
Originally Posted by
AU96
It takes two years of student paid apprenticeship to be able to cut hair and three to six months to become an airline pilot.
Most people would not let a brand new hair stylist mess with their hair but will eagerly climb aboard a regional jet with a pilot who only has a few hundred hours.
Skyhigh
Fellas, help me out...is Skyhigh right? Are there really Regional FOs who were hired who had NEVER TOUCHED an airplane or taken one aviation course 3-6 months prior to being hired? Really? Pedestrian to airline pilot in six months?
And BTW, for some reason I messed up the original quote and it looks like I originally posted the above two lines. Even though it says "originally posted by AU96, the quote is Skyhigh's rebuttal to my "ohhh boy" post. I'm not the one comparing sacrifices of barbers to those of professional turbine pilots...