You sure spend a lot of time on regional forums for a mainline guy...life must suck if you come here for cheap entertainment.

 

Life's pretty good. I find this place keeps me humble. You've got to remember where you came from.

It's a bit sad seeing the talent coming across the table these days though.

 

These days? Right. I'm sure the "commuter" pilot feed (uh 250 hour wonders?) in the 90s and 2000s was way better and only the highest caliber applicants ever found the right seat in a turboprop, and the best of the best got to one day fly in a jet. The rest got relegated to desk jobs. I just can't believe how many regional crashes we are having these days because of all the idiots flowing thru the doors here who barely have 1500 hours. Not.

Dude, it is no different. New pilots are new pilots. There were plenty of idiots in the industry when you started, still are, and always will be. This isn't harvard business school or nasa we are talking about here. Most people who want in this industry can get in. And seniority will dictate they will probably be in the left seat one day. But don't tell me back in the day when you came in the industry the standards and quality of people becoming pilots was any better, because that's false.

 

No mainline pilot I know ever refers to the "regionals" as "commuters."

The only that do also don't know what things like "email" or "text messages" are.

 

What's your age? Just curious.

With more applicants available companies were better able to keep standards higher. It doesn't take a NASA engineer to figure out quality will go down when your pool is shallower.

Total time means nothing. That isn't what we're talking about here. In fact, almost all the low timers I flew with were outstanding. Professional, well-spoken, and talented.

 

Well, all the guys I fly with are over 60. You wouldn't believe how many still have flip phones!

 

I said right after that post that I was mistaken. If your are in fact K then you told me to my face that you were lakes, I just mis-spoke.. That and the 99 and 1900 are pretty much the same in my mind.

I also said you weren't a bad guy if that makes any difference!

 

Ah Mr. Mainline guy! Please tell me when and where I can bow down and kiss your feet please.

 

You know it's KM because he called you bro! lol

 

It's all good bro. I saw that and I didn't mean anything hostile by it.