Since I've been with mesa as an FO I've seen you young captains playing music before the flight whie we are supposed to be getting the plane ready. I've seen a young CA grab his phone as we were taxiing on to the rwy I've seen a young CA taxi on the wrong taxiway I've seen several times the young know it all CA punch in the wrong rwy on the fms. And I've only been here a short time. How does a person who has such a responsible job think age has anything with how well a person does their job. As you go through life you will always work with people of all ages. GET USED TO IT. Learn from everyone you come in contact with. That's something from an old guy who's been flying 25 years. And no I'm not an expert I'm learning everyday from all the pilots I fly with. Even the young smart *** punks who think they are gods gift to aviation.

 

You mad bro?

 

While I can't argue with the CA's pulling out their phones while taxing onto the runway, as far as the FMS goes people makes mistakes man that's why there are two of us up front and we verify the runway on the fms during taxi.

 

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Again, not even close to being true on either fleet. Where do you guys come up with this stuff?

 

I flew a trip last month with a guy who has been here since the early 90s and holds a single digit seniority # that did all those same things.

He was taxing through the ramp way too fast, then tailgating other planes while playing on his phone. I was guarding the brakes for the whole trip.

It's not just the young guys.

 

It's not young vs. old! Why can't people get this? It's the individual. There are bad and good on both sides. Only morons generalize. I truly feel certain pilots generalize to help alleviate their own insecurities with their personal lack of flying/leadership skills.

 

Surely there is something more productive to discuss than these Chuck Yeager measuring contests.

 

Yeah, that was his point.

 

So playing music at a reasonable volume makes a captain unprofessional? Seriously, get out of here. It takes literally 5 minutes to get an airplane ready if you don't have a can full of MEL's to look up. Just because you may be new and can't wrap your mind around things doesn't mean everyone else is on your level.

Pulling out their phone when taxiing ON TO THE RUNWAY is a whole different thing, though.