Majors To Absorb Regionals In The Future?
05-05-2014 | 10:58 PM
#111
Da Hudge
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What are you talking about? Regional pilots aren't good enough to fly with you but are good enough to fly your feed?? We all do the same job and in fact ours is way harder than your flying. The vast majority of "lifers" at my regional are great people that got stuck due to varying circumstances and the vast majority are great to be "stuck" with for a couple of days. Every place has its share of weirdos but don't blanket everyone in the same group.
And MEMbrain is a UPS guy that got banned on a previous A300 screen name.
05-05-2014 | 11:09 PM
#114
Line Holder
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From: 787 right
I think some guys are off base about the regional pilots. Guys that are lifers there, are lifers because they have families, good quality of life, live in base, have money and time off. Not because they are crappy pilots. They don't want to commute to 2 days off a week and miss their kids grow up. Many could hand fly any approach better than some coast guard fun boy worried about metrics. Is the coast guard even military? Serious question.
05-05-2014 | 11:12 PM
#115
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You are kidding, right? Have you learned nothing in the last twenty years of airline history? The regionals WILL be the new majors, with crappy pay and benefits. This will happen as pilots and ALPA keep giving seats up in scope unless pilots wake up and stand up for better pay and no more scope loss.
05-06-2014 | 02:47 AM
#116
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What are you talking about? Regional pilots aren't good enough to fly with you but are good enough to fly your feed?? We all do the same job and in fact ours is way harder than your flying. The vast majority of "lifers" at my regional are great people that got stuck due to varying circumstances and the vast majority are great to be "stuck" with for a couple of days. Every place has its share of weirdos but don't blanket everyone in the same group.
05-06-2014 | 05:09 AM
#117
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Well it may not be, but it's designed to be that way. It's also a way to gain experience to go to that next level. We are not all born Chuck Yegars. Although it sounds like you were. Even he got better with experience. Btw, is delude even a word?
05-06-2014 | 05:20 AM
#118
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It's funny but, back before Al Gore invented the internet, I don't remember pilots at the majors having the same attitude about pilots at Ozark, Frontier, Bonanza, Southern, North Central, Allegheny, PSA, Trans Texas, Air California, etc.
05-06-2014 | 05:41 AM
#119
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I think 200k is a bit on the high side, that must be a private college. I researched public schools that were around 40k in fees plus a degree witch was another 40K. I've talked to grads who had their CFI their sophomore year instructed junior and senior year and graduated college with 1200 hours.
05-06-2014 | 06:15 AM
#120
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From: Volleyball Player
I think 200k is a bit on the high side, that must be a private college. I researched public schools that were around 40k in fees plus a degree witch was another 40K. I've talked to grads who had their CFI their sophomore year instructed junior and senior year and graduated college with 1200 hours.
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