Originally Posted by
Mason32
That is a really scary statement, and reminds me again why I don't let my family members fly on regionals... an AIRLINE is not the place to be building your 1500 hours. While I'm happy you newbies got a job and are building your time, it certainly isn't what the public expects or deserves; and many of us are concerned that what we once considered a profession has become a training ground.... the training grounds are in the right seat teaching, flying VFR 135 to build time to fly 135 charter/air taxi... the time building in flying pipeline, forestry, traffic reporting, scenic stuff...
All you folks have done is lowered the profession of airline pilot to the equivelant of bus driver, and traffic watch pilot. Good job.
By the way, the light at the end of the tunnel isn't daylight.... it's the train
coming at you full tilt. What will you do when the new law requires all new hires to have an ATP, and you current newbies to have an ATP ticket within 3 years?
To be perfectly honest you kind come off a little stuck up. I totally understand what you are saying and completely agree up until the point where you put ALL the blame on these "newbies". We all know the standards of the industry and the current level in which they stand is a direct result of the WHOLE pilot group. You can't just blame one side of the pilot group. If that's the case, where were you when these guys were applying and going through training? Why weren't you there to give them a heads up on the situation? Why didn't you try to teach them the values of not selling one's self short? The major influence in the new pilots these days are the schools, and the student loan companies. They will tell you anything and go to all ends just to make a couple hundred thousand off a student. So there are a lot of factors that got these "newbies" into the industry which played a significant role in the demise of industry standards.
To sum it up, no one knows what they are doing to the industry when they take a low paying job that treats them like crap in trade for flying a jet without having to pay your dues. So ultimately it is on the more senior guys and ones that know better to have an influence on this group. Good job to you sir.