No one said anything about being entitled if was simple refering to a comment by acl. Paraphrasing his comment acl stated that poolies with competitive numbers were getting called. My opinion was that a military background or 3000 tpic does not make someone a better pilot. People with 6000 hrs and 4000 pic turbine were in some cases beneficiaries of not only good pilot skills but also perfect timing. The fact that dal went after a merger with nwa they had a large role in derailing my career. Perhaps they should have looked at my background and that of others in the nwa pool who don't meet some arbitrary numbers or military connection. Dal knows full well without their takeover of nwa all the poolies would be flying at nwa today.

Sim eval would be a good start. One of my interviews the sharpest guy was a military c5 guy but the 2 that bombed were military with 6000 plus hours a10 and I think the other was a kc135. I know my opinion means nothing and I only speak for myself not other poolies.