Originally Posted by
Airsupport
I couldn't agree more. A few years ago anyone with 100k could go in and buy this job. This job is for those who love aviation and do what they need to do and make the sacrifices they need to make to obtain it. This is not a job someone should be able to buy their way into. If you want it, if you REALLY want it, you will flight instruct, fly cargo, or whatever it takes to get your 1500 hours. If you are not willing to do that and dont want to put the time and dedication and experiece into it then I dont want you sitting next to me.
A couple things that always **** me off when I hear this.
Sacrifice: 100k in student loans means you make sacrifices to pay that payment every day for 15 years. Considering this job is all about senority and having the right time in the right plane/place to move on, I cant blame those who went this route.
REALLY want it: Everyone I knew was willing to put in the time required and jobs required to get to a regional. At the time however the choice was this: You can go work for a part 135 or a part 121. So are you saying someone with this choice should pick 135 b/c at this point they should know that when they go to the 121 airline, the training department will push them through rather than truely test if they have what it takes to get on the line? If these low time pilots suck as bad as you say they do is it the pilots fault for taking the job offer or the APD that signed him off?
1500 hours is a step in the right direction and given how washington operates its probably the only improvement we will get in the next 25 years.