Originally Posted by
8HourPilot
Since we are picking on backpacks....
Does the CEO that wears a backpack and takes public transportation seem unprofessional to you?
Does the man/woman that finds a living on Wall Street (that has a back pack) seem any less professional to you?
Does the White House worker that lives in a suit/tie/backpack seem any less professional to you?
I'm not saying that the backpack argument is unfounded, I'm saying your (Legacy Pilot Tough Guy) overall argument is unfounded. Am I wrong? Come listen to Charlotte Ramp between 7pm and 11pm and tell me how wrong I am. Go listen to DCA ground on any given day and tell me how wrong I am. Hang around ORD and just watch. In some form or another, we all act like a bunch of kids. It's sad.
Leading by example, mentor-ship, offering good, sound advice......that's professionalism.....not racing my RJ to the corner of Foxtrot and the ramp.
I don't have a backpack that I take to work, but if you (insert bitter mainline pilot that sneers at me as I try to be proud of my career choice) told me that it was unprofessional.....why would I even listen?
As far as I am concerned, there is a growing majority that fail to care one bit about how the "new-young pilots" are brought up but that same majority is the quickest to point out how malformed we are. If I am wrong, come forward and let's build something. I've been in the regionals for 6 years now (a comparatively short time) and worked under the umbrellas of 4 different "mainline" products. My left seat time is short at a year and a half. Clearly I have much to learn.
Until someone proves to me that I actually ought to respect the opinion of the guy that cuts me off, taxi's at what can only be described as a ridiculously unsafe speed (757 if you wondered) or the guy that blocks frequencies just because he can, I will continue to mentor, be positive (as much as I can) and hopefully teach the guys/gals that sit next to me. I will wait for you to cross, I will most likely taxi slower than you, and I'll wave at you.....and when you flip me off across a ramp full of your anger, don't be surprised when I have an inherent lack of respect for you.
Want to talk backpacks now?
I find it funny how you basically say you want someone to mentor you and pass along their knowledge. Then you say why should I even listen.
Maybe some of the stuff the Majority is pointing out to you as malformed is some of the knowledge you are asking for. And you just don't want to here it.
The best analogy I can think of is when a parent tells his kid not to do something because he has a good idea what the outcome is going to be from past experience. The kid ignores the advice, does what he wants anyway. Has the same outcome the parent said he would have. Then in twenty five years has the same talk with his kids and the same outcome repeats.
IM