Originally Posted by
aviatorhi
Yeah I wouldn't let my family fly with a pilot who (at the time) had about 15000 hours, 8000 of which were in the right seat of a Dash 8 and has flown on about every continent on the planet. He was just stuck at a regional where he couldn't upgrade after 12 years of seniority so he decided to move on since he wouldn't be forced to take a pay cut if he became a street captain.
Check your opinions, assumptions and jealousy at the gate before boarding please.
I NEVER said there were not good Captains/Pilots at regionals, I just said that they are the places where you DO find the ones you would NOT want to fly with. And since the experience level of the crew isn't on the ticket, even though there are always a few high caliber folks around, the safest thing to do is to stay off regionals. If that upsets your little idea of the world, I'm sorry; but truth sometimes hurts.