Originally Posted by
AirWillie
I'm assuming when you say younger, you're talking about less experienced because age has 0 bearing in the cockpit. And yes that's true you have 0 experience until you've stepped in that next environment ready to learn, young or old. I don't think you realize the PIC responsibility, you as a new guy are almost a liability for the CA. So there is a general hesitancy at first to trust the new guy, hence the perceived disrespect. There is absolutely no reason why a CA should "insult" anyone, that only make his or her job harder. I think you're struggling to comprehend this concept.
I dont expect a captain to know and respect me as soon as i walk in, his cautiousness is absolutely fine. But calling me a "Play Pilot" or "Wet-ATP-Kid-Wonder" is an insult and that is not ok, and further more the kid part in the last quote has everything to do with age. As does the other posters talking about me being 20 and not having enough life experience. So there most deff has been some reference to my age as well as others.
I dont claim to be an amazing pilot, i dont claim to have paid my dues, and i dont say every young or new pilot is worthy of a FO seat or should be fully trusted, i am also not saying the captain should trust everyone who sits in the other seat. What i am saying is that if you are the captain maturity and respect should be given to anyone sitting in the other seat and that is clearly not the case with SOME captians. We can argue til the sun goes down, i am plenty humble just have some issues with people insulting me without knowing me. And yes there have been plenty of generalizations by them that has grouped me into these pilots and i take offense so i say something.
Not one person here can say my logic is faulty because all im saying and all ive been saying is that some captains insulting most all new FOs without 121 exp is unacceptable especially in an industry that demands professionalism.