Originally Posted by
Ajax
I am in particular very impressed with the quality of the regional pilots flying into EWR nowadays. Readback mistakes and pilot deviations are down significantly compared to years past. Not sure what's changed in the industry as far as training goes, but I'm very pleased to work with this new generation of professional pilots.
Most of us getting hired right now are furloughed from other carriers and/or have thousands of hours flying part 135/instructing, etc. The overall quality of new hires are much higher right now than what we saw from 06-08.