Originally Posted by RJ Pilot (Post 1051383)

Ahh the "get out of my seat" captain so I can upgrade mentality. The reason those "top" heavy CA's stayed at AE is for many reasons. Money,(yes we can make $100K+ flying a 50-70 seater with "weekends") QOL, etc. vs "flowing to AA making 30K first yr commuting on reserve. After the "divestiture"announcement, yes some of them will go. The forecast doesnt look shiney here in the next 4-5 yrs....

Originally Posted by BrewMaster (Post 1051389)

I'm sure you never thought the same thing in your what? 1, 2, 3 years on reserve.

It absolutely amazes me how a 4th stripe atomatically flushes everyones memory and they think they were born with 4k hours.

Believe it or not, once upon a time, you had 1500 hrs and wanted bigger and better things. How dare any FNG's try to fly for a living.

What are we thinking?

Originally Posted by theaviator (Post 1051406)

When they schedule your loft... is it with a check airmen or with a regular instructor?

Originally Posted by DayTripper12 (Post 1050793)

Sooo you've been at Colgan what, a year? I recall you bashing Colgan too before you got on with them.

Originally Posted by RJ Pilot (Post 1051420)

Yes. AT 1500 I was flying freight building my multi time gaining experience. Bigger & better things, you bet. See, back then, regionals wouldnt even consider giving interviews if you had less than 1500, 2000TT being competitive. I do work with plenty of FNG's 1-3yr FOs that feel the need of entitlement,upgrade, when in reality, they cant even do a simple visual approach.

Originally Posted by BrewMaster (Post 1051493)

So if you had 7, 8, 900 hours and a regional offered you a job back then, you wouldn't have taken it?

I'm not making excuses for these guys.....just saying.

Originally Posted by rickt86 (Post 1050539)

Ya and when you travel on UAL, what are you BP8C??? How many times have you and your wife/gf been left at the gate watching every united employee, parent, wife, kid, and even sometimes companion get on the flight?? At AMR we are all the same priority code for boarding, whether AA or AE when we NONREV, and it is based on check in time. If I check in 30 seconds before a 777 captain for AA, I would get on the AA flight first, when NON REVING. You can not beat that.

Originally Posted by embraer (Post 1051623)

Rick, I'm 99% sure that AA crew have priority over AE crews when non-reving on American flights. A couple of months ago I was bumped by an AA dispatcher of all people and I was there LOOONG before he was. Various gate agents have also refused to give me the JS on AA until the last second because, "an American pilot may show up..."

It works the other way as well...on Eagle flights we have priority over AA crews.