Originally Posted by
fecav8r
I guess it's just normal that if you disagree with somebody here you just start lobbing credibility grenades over the fence,........I am not trying to say that a guy that has money in the bank is any more or less qualified than anybody else in the pool. For that matter why don't we stop hiring from the military and the regionals all together and just hire people from the majors who want a job and have time in the airplane. And let's just make them Captains as well. I mean, who would make a better Captain than somebody from Delta who has spent 2o years flying Int'l. I mean if we want to put the "most qualified guys" in the cockpit.............. And I don't think Enders gives a sh1t about hiring him. ..................
1. First off who fired any credibilty grenades? I disagree with you and have a pretty good argument and .....who got defensive??
You were the one who said
"Why should we hire some pilot who quit his first career when he has his 1.2 mil lump sum" I merely disagreed as that should make absolutley no difference with respect to experience. Many of the Delta Folks who were the last to lump out were Pilots in the early 50's.......They turned out to be the smart ones. They at least got something in the bank. More than the folks who were unable to retire or decided to stick it out.
2. As far as hiring straight into the 11, that is exactly what I would do. I would atleast interview any current MD-11 pilots from other carriers first. Then I would interview UAL, NWA and AA current intl heavy drivers. Remember these guys would be the "Purple Nugget Pool " bound straight to the 11.
3. As far as putting them directly into the CAPT seat, I'm all for it. They would be junior to everyone and every NB CAPT and all FO's and SO's on property would get WB CAPT passover pay..
...except the over 60 Pilots.
3. As far as Enders report. They auditors couldn't believe the low seniority of the FO's and CAPTs on the MD-11. They suggested the PAY should have been broken out making the MD-11 the Highest paid aircraft there by letting the seniority system work, more senior people would bid it because it would mean more pay. They also suggested a move package to ANC....... They suggested that RFO should be a "BID" position similar to how UAL did it on the 747. The RFO would be similiar to a SO.....the pay rate would be less than FO and he would ride around the system fo a year or so watching how things were done.
4. As far as applying for the SCP job or any MGT job.......if one is a KNOWN STRONG UNION supporter/organizer, their Application is promptly placed in the round file.