Originally Posted by Lowlevel

Wow! I read all the comments about this original post, and all I can think of is how "cocky" this remark is. Who did you impress? And were they impressed because of the great job you did, or were they impresses that a low time guy didn't kill them? Thank God you landed a job in a jet, instead of that poor FO on the Colgan flight that said she never experienced icing, and did not know how to deal with it. At least the de-ice on the jet can keep you safer. I have thousands of hours, and thousands of jet hours, and never bragged about my skills like you are doing. I have always held the belief that aviation is a profession where learning never ends and you are never as good as you think you are. You may think you "know how to fly" but that is just because you have never had to deal with a real emergency or deal with real time problems during a flight. That is the point that some are trying to make here. Flying a 172 in hard IFR, flying an Aztec at midnight, single pilot, in ice and snow, or having an engine failure or electrical failure during an approach to mins...these are not just events, they are also times where a pilot learns who he is and learns skills to help him in his career. Things like this are rare in jet aviation, but they happen. If you lost an engine at 500 ft. on an ILS to mins, would you be able to handle it? If you lost your PFD just as you were about to join the localizer, how well would you handle it? If you had a wing overheat warning on an approach during a freezing rain and snow event, would you be able to handle it? There are so many scenarios I could come up with where your lack of experience may or may not become an issue. Hopefully, you will be with a captain that can handle the situation.


Seeing that you are flying a -900, and are not furloughed, kinda shortens the list of possible airlines that you may work for. So, if it is Mesa, have fun looking for a new job once that place goes under (not too far in the future).