Originally Posted by
rjboy
I hope everyone can agree that regionals are having more accidents at least in part because rapid growth and diminished pay has resulted in lower hiring standards for pilots. Not saying this is specifically true of any specific pilot who has had an accident/incident, but as a generalization. Maybe these events will help the flying public/mgnt realize that lives are literally in our hands every time we go to work and that to attract the best pilots you have to pay them what they are worth.
As much as I'd love to agree with that, I don't think there's enough evidence to support the case. Yet.... You'll find plenty of high-time people at major airlines operate like barnstormers.
My big problem is the maturity level of a lot of these boneheads, of all age groups, that get hired on. It's embarressing how many morons can upgrade or get hired into this biz at all.
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And by the way, these comments are not intended to be aimed at the ASA crew that went off the runway. Bad things happen to great pilots all the time and none of us are immune.