Originally Posted by
Zoot Suit
It's not about the CMEL guy or the new CFI. It's about safety, the industry and having real experience up front when the crap hits the fan. ATP license for anyone sitting in the front seat of an airliner sounds good to me.
SO... what you are saying is, those who were hired at less than xxxx hours SHOULD HAVE not even applied. And had a job opportunity came along that person(s) should have declined. Speaking to the recruiter "I appreciate the job offer, and I realize my declining of this position will only result in someone else of my = filling it. However, I am going to stick to my guns and wait it out for the sake of improving industry standards." That works great if all "newbies" have the same attitude. That would be like if I were offered a position right now in a Legacy Carrier 767. Granted I have fairly low time and only CL-65 sic.. don't think for a fraction of a second that I'm gonna decline that position. You can if you want.... but I'm going to align myself to be in a better position (experience) when things do turn around.
Some of you may say I have a bad attitude. That "why should I recycle when the rest of the folks on the block don't". Is my mere 3 plastic bottles going to make a difference?" NO. So until each and every pilot gets on board with making a change.... things ain't gonna change.
Originally Posted by
Mason32
All you folks have done is lowered the profession of airline pilot to the equivalent 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?
Don't blame the pilots. See above conversation with airline recruiter. Had you said "all the regionals have done is lowered... then I might not be so red in the face right now. Again I ask, what should the low timers have done? Decline job offers? We all know damn good and well that those positions will be filled, and if I decline it, someone else will take it and ... where does that leave me? "Great, all my peers are building jet time and I am here instructing in a 72 because I'm gonna stand strong and make a change" BS
What will I do? I don't really care. I meet ATP minimums and if need be I can go get one. So lets say I had not yet been hired by a regional. Lets say I met ATP mins and went down with all my 172, 152 and Seminole time and took the checkride at a flight school. How does an ATP ticket in a Piper really make me a more experienced passenger jet pilot? I think not.