Originally Posted by
BlaineFaban
You could probably say the same of you, oh CRJ900 captain. That's about the time you guys start to get arrogant--making captain on a CRJ. That brings up a whole other point: leaving the country--malaria and the various bugs which can get you out 'chonder. Yet another reason to demonstrate how the jobs are different, and thus higher compensation on the widebody.
The 63 year old will learn the saab much faster than the 22 year old will learn the mass management, worldwide ops, language tricks, weather phenomena, topography, metrics of the 777/767/A330.
We can play the bigger schwartz contest all day, and you'll lose. You've already missed the point, so why bother?
I guess you also have missed the point....
And for the record the guys that had the most difficulty in training on the CRJ here were the 50+ age group. Plus between the age of 25 and 30 I have managed to qualify on 6 different turbine airplanes either 135 or 121 without any failed checkrides. Including the Saab.... Could a motivated 60 year old do the same, probably, so what. Could you with your arrogant attitude, I'd bet against it. Could I learn to fly a 747 around the world. Yes. Do I want to, no. You can have your "glorious" oceanic flights. As I have said I'm content to stay in North America.