Say again...?

 

Ya know, all the high rollers will want to fly Delta after they learn that their pilots have been picked up by them.

 

Also, since they can't find any guys to fly their shiny corporate planes they will be forced to fly airlines.

 

Do you brief your copilots in the ready room with the mission folder?

 

In the "Pre-Internet" days of interviewing, they did have you fly the sim, (727 in my case). The instructor told me that was just to verify you are who you say you are, and you can do what you say you can do. I had never flown a 727 so I was a bit nervous of course, but he said, "Don't worry, you did fine." He went on to say, "If you came in here and said you were a 727 Captain and I failed an engine on you at V1, and you dorked it up, well, either you suck or you aren't a 727 Captain."

I was told that a couple years into the last huge hiring spree (1985-1991) they did away with the sim ride but only for the Military guys, the Civilians still had to fly it as part of their interview.

I was told that was because they could easily verify what the Military guys had been flying with their flight records and a call to their squadron. But not so with the Civilians, so they made them fly the sim to prove they could indeed fly. Of course this was pre-RJ time too. Now, with the internet, DCC's and 50% of the Domestic market being flown by RJ's it's pretty easy for the company to verify who you are and what you've been doing, thus no need to prove it again.

You may want to clean up your Facebook page however, get rid of all those pictures of you partying with Mike Phelps!

 

*** are you trying to say?

 

Yeah, that one's a head scratcher.

Denny

 

Nah, much like hair dressers, barbers, and bartenders, they bring their clientele with them.....

 

Perhaps a bit of an abstract philosophy, I'll grant you guys that.....I wrote this after waking up and before coffee. All I am saying is that if the experienced corporate guys were all getting sucked up by the majors, a lot of owners would prefer to fly on the airlines where pilots with all backgrounds that have high level experience rather than staffing their jet with two guys under 500 hours.

To be honest I see a future where many retired airline pilots will be highly desired in 91/135 as this hiring boom continues.

 

I can't see a lot of retired airline pilots going to 91/135 where they will have to kiss someone's @ss as part of the job description. Personally, when I retire from the airlines, I'm gonna be no kidding RETIRED!