Originally Posted by daytonaflyer
**Kill Bill, I am an ATP with approx. 2000 hours, not exactly a newbie. I am also 30 years old, not exactly a young guy. I have never paid for training, nor will I ever. If you're going to try and insult me for no reason, at least get some of it correct! Do you make this many errors when you're flying your B737? I swear, some of you old, bitter guys just need to stay off these boards, you're not helping anybody.
"error"? what "error"? that i pegged you as a rather inexperienced guy who thinks six months on reserve is a fate worse than death? that you don't think that you should have to dirty your hands gaining experience? let me tell you something, FNG: the airlines are FULL of highly-experienced guys who've done almost nothing BUT sit reserve for their whole careers. unless you're a scab or you get hired at exactly the right place at exactly the right time, my crystal ball says "reserve". if you dont like that concept, take your whole 2000 hours to the local flight school; i'm sure they'll let you clean airplanes.
my suggestion is that you keep your yap shut and try to actually learn something on these boards. it's FAR better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
i've seen lots of new guys on here with almost NO time with better attitudes than you. i would be HAPPY to mentor guys like that anytime i was asked. but then, i came up the hard way; years of instructing and flying ****ty jobs to make myself employable, not one of the "instant-gratification-pay-for-training" types or someone that wants the keys to "the jet" yesterday. it took me 14 or 15 years to make captain and i upgraded at the earliest possible time. i'm sure whining about 6 months on reserve would have gotten me far.