Originally Posted by
The Dominican
Having been a check airman who was involved with training many 250 to 500 hour guys I can tell you that most made it (more times than not they required additional sim and line training) and some washed out, but like it or not two decades from now the industry will be populated mostly by the generation that went from cero to RJ's, "earned my stripes" will be replaced with "purchased my stripes" a generation that has very little respect for seniority and experience with a huge sense of entitlement,
the generation that roll their eyes when you tell them to put away the Ipad at cruise, the generation that ask "how junior the last captain bid went" while you are recommending more OE after they already have had over 50 hours (yeah, that happened a few times) that is where this career is headed.
I agree entirely with the sentiment of your post. However, what is the difference between an old-timer that reads a newspaper or book in cruise vs. someone that plays with their ipad in cruise? Heck, I know guys that have put all of their manuals, union contracts etc. on their E readers. If newspaper-reading Captain Krusty tells me to put it away, I too would roll my eyes.
No, I don't even own an Apple product.