Originally Posted by acl65pilot

Hey Carl;
As Bar says, I do not look at it that way, and I do not. No reason to be bitter over the past. Reality is that we can not look in the rear view mirror over anything. Look forward, and fight what is in front of us today.

Also, prior to the advent of the RJ, pilots were hired from those same regionals with turboprop time only, ah hem. All the RJ did was make the transition to a major that much more seamless. It came down to procedures and asking for a "wind check" Oh yeah and flaring lower than where an rj started it flare.