Originally Posted by
bassslayer
So which is it? Obviously they made it through 121 training if the are requesting a jump seat on "your airplane", so that would make them "every bit as equal" and worthy of the jumpseat. But yet they are still an ATP grad. No ATP grads will jumpseat when you are captain remember? Are you going to ask every jump seater where they went to flight school? So no Gulfstreamers, ATPers, who else will the almighty deny a jump seat to? Get a life.
No matter what program or route you came from, you paid for it one way or another. If you came from the military (if you made it through) you paid for it with your life. If you went the intructor route you paid for all your ratings and you paid for it with your life at the edge of your seat and if you went to these fast track schools you paid for it. In most cases most of us did not want to instruct. Some of us are made for intructing and some are not so why force them? No matter where you come from, the ailrines will hire you. If you pass their interview and their training they will hire you No matter where you came from. The only ones that complain are the bitter pilots. There are Captains from major airlines that sent their kids through these programs. Bottom line is if you have Part 121 experience and turbine time your odds of getting hired are much higher. And the captain that says he won't allow you to jumpseat...like the other guy said get a life and grow up because you are a bad example for kids that want to pursue their dream to fly in the airline. I know hundreds of pilots flying on regionals and majors that came from these programs and there are no problems.