Has anyone that is whinning about this graduated from Western Michigan University? Doesn't sound like it to me. I really don't think Pinnacle would have agreed to this if they didn't like WMU's program. Each person who has commented on this thread had 250 hrs at some point. Everybody also flew through a storm or hail for the first time at some point or another. I find it very disturbing that so many of you are unwilling to help someone new to the industry. I graduated from Western, and one advantage I have over a lot of you, is that I was taught that flying an airplane involves tons of team work. Who knows, you give us a chance and we might be able to educate/help each other. It's also good to ask questions. Many of you act like you never had to ask a question and were born with the ability to fly a jet. We are all on the same team here people!
I don't even know where to begin.
The fact that you don't even know how ridiculous your comments are is prima facie evidence that you do not belong in an airline cockpit!
I do not work for Pinnacle but I was a captain at its previous incarnation who delivered some of those airframes a decade ago. As someone who actually
did train a number of the senior pilots there let me say:
An airline cockpit is not the place for you to get your education/let me help you. A CRM class your junior year and some time in a procedures trainer coupled with your SR-20 time do not make you the Ace of the Base that you think you are.
Pinnacle did not purchase the aft CG mod. The aircraft can not accommodate the captain's ego and your sense of entitlement in such a small flight deck.