Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
Well, to read a certain express feeder forum, you would think that this was no big deal and that mainline, widebody guys have nothing on RJ pilots doing 6 leg, 16 hour duty days and that we are nothing but prima donas who like to whine about the smallest thing. Unreal some of the stuff I read on there, but at least there were some guys calling out the RJ guys on their crap.
Every pilot has been put in situations like these, and a lot of them have come out very well after making a lot of quick, high pressure, decisions. Has nothing to do with what you're flying.
Whether you're a 767 captain trying to find somewhere to land after an earthquake and youre on your 12th hour of flight.... or a RJ captain trying to find somewhere to land when your destination and every alternate you have gas to make it to is reporting nil braking action, and youre on your 6th leg of the day... we're all pilots and we all work hard for our paychecks.
Sure, there are a lot of RJ drivers that spew crap, but there sure are a lot of mainline drivers that do it too. So why don't you set a good example, recognize everyone is in this together, its no small task to successfully command a Part 121 airliner of any size, and cut it out.