Originally Posted by PinkSlip

Pinnacle hiring 250 hour wonder-boy pilots is an accident waiting to happen. I will refuse to fly with them in the front, or if I'm in the back deadheading. Why on earth would management want to hire "NON-Seasoned" pilots is beyond my comprehension. This is a new low.

We need "seasoned" pilots to fly jets for the airlines. For those of you with 250 hours, "seasoned" means having experience flying in multiple seasons, multiple winters dealing with icing, multiple summers dealing with thunderstorms.

Obtaining this experience by flight instructing, flying corporate aircraft that fly much slower and require less quick thinking before being thrusted into a 550 mph glass cockpit jet and flying 5 - 6 legs a day while crossing squall lines, getting struck by lightning, fighting hailstorms, performing CPR on 90 year old passengers in the back who have fallen and can't get up while simultaneously dealing with engine fires/shutdowns, shooting cat 2 approaches down to bare minimums, struggling with PCU Runaways, and solving fuel leak problems while the aircraft is solely powered by the ADG needs "seasoned pilots" to deal with this day to day challenges. Otherwise it's just an accident waiting to happen while these young whipper-snappers build flight time at the expense of safety.