I bet just by reading this, your classmates can figure out who you are. There's always "that guy" in training. I feel bad for your sim partner.

The senior 700 guys aren't going to put up with this type of attitude from you and will send you home crying. For everyones sake I sincerely hope you are able to change your attitude prior to starting sims or the training department will be more than happy to send you packing. I also hope you fly with the white dragon out of IOE. You two are a match made in regional heaven.

Unless your career is perfect, you'll never outlive the low-time stigma. That's why people knock the Colgan FO who panicked when her CA decided to put the aircraft into an unusual attitude.

I would bet that if a 10,000 hour pilot crashed a jet the media and MMQBs would jump all over the fact that years ago, that pilot got hired with 250 to 500 hours.

Way to be optimistic!

"Doctor, you're wanted on the phone."

Optimism is something you will rarely find on these boards....:cool:

Ehhhhh, the last thing I want to do is jump into this flame fest, but I take issue with this statement. I don't think that would be the case the all. I don't see why it would be pertinent information if a 10,000 hour captain with 3,000 in type started his career with only 500 hrs of GA flying 15 years prior. Low time is a stigma, but this is one part of the argument I disagree with.

I agree with Cencal, it's about the sensationalistic journalism about it. When was the last time you heard a plane go down with out the CNN/MSNC/FOX "experts" making it a boring event? Why report technical facts that will bore everyone when you can use initial low time, the juicy text message the CA sent his FA that night, and the beer the FO had 13 hours prior to add some spunk to the stoury?

I don't intend it as a flame at all. I just realize that the way some low time pilots act and the fact that "previous" low timers have been involved in some pretty spectacularly bad accidents that it would be the first thing that people jump on when something happens. Btw... Not if, when.

The way I read these arguments knocking low time guys, even the ones that don't involve ego, I interpret it as once you hit 121 flying you will (hopefully) never experience the types of experiential moments that give you the "never try that again" boundaries and the foresight to see if something is rapidly going down the tubes.

Correct me if I am wrong but that does seem to be a strong premise of the night cargo or CFI argument. Therefore, I don't think based on these that those folks would trust the 10,000 hour low timer.

Interesting wrinkle to "CFI before 121"... Wasn't the 3407 FO previously an instructor? So it could be argued that CFIing doesn't necessarily provide the reaction tools... It may well be dependent on the individual.

And it'll be even better when that incident is caused by a disgruntled captain who's wasted off his a$$ because he's upset about the newb he has to coach for a trip... SERENITY NOW!!!!

I am appalled.... Somebody on here actually has the maturity and class to give advice to a new guy without telling him to fly into a tornado/hailstorm/hurricane. Take whats been said here and listen up, be humble and LEARN!! The only way that we as young pilots can change anyone's attitude about us is to be way better than expected. Set that bar high gentleman (and ladies)!! Thank you for providing some useful info on how to act like a professional, we appreciate it.