Originally Posted by
Phrog Phlyer
The vast majority of 250 hour wonders lack the PIC time upgrade much less qualify for flying with the majors. Is that what you want? A pilot who has 20 hours of solo PIC time and 8000 SIC in the right seat of your 300 passenger airliner?
My point is that the senior RJ guys can come over to be stapled.. or not... and if they choose not to then that opens the door for somebody else. I am not speaking of the qualifications of the FOs at all. My comment was more to the point about the senior RJ guys wanting to be merged into a seniority list at someplace where they could fly captain on ANYTHING bigger than what they now fly... or
what they can ever expect to fly at their current company. Sorry... that dog won't hunt. If they think they deserve that DC9 left seat over the most junior guy on the property at the signing of any merger agreement.. well.. sorry. And... I think I can handle a guy in the right seat with 8000 hours whether or not he has any PIC time or not. As long as he can get thru the training program satisfactorily... I will be happy to help them out on the line.