Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Says the one with 3 stripes. When you've been there and been said babysitter, you can talk. You might be a sharp FO- great. Keep up the good work and you'll make a great captain if you pay attention to your favorite guys that you fly with as well as pay attention to what drives you crazy about the idiot captains that you fly with (which are dime a dozen in the regional world).
Some of you guys are really cute and emotional. You may not like what I write, oh well, read along and enjoy it. I'm not trying to attack you.
My original response had nothing to do with me as 1) I have never boasted and will never boast about my experience even if I compared myself to a pre-solo student pilot. It's silly. 2) I don't fit any of the criteria I listed in reference to FOs. 3) I'll never be in a position to self analyze my "quality" as a pilot. For me to call myself a good pilot and to tell others, "hey, I'm a great pilot and think I'm better than you," wreaks of Top Gun dorky kid attitude.
When I read what the other guy wrote, I had to step in. My company hired some really high time guys (one with 9000 hrs in my class) who were "new pilots" and I'm sure didn't need babysitting, flying-wise, in a Saab 340. Of course every new guy will need guidance with company procedures flying the line. That's something else.
For a random captain to claim to be better than a "new pilot" comes off way too arrogant.
I don't know the qualifications of anyone who's posting in this thread, and quite frankly, I really don't care. Arrogance is arrogance. Stay humble.