Really? Show me the data. Otherwise it’s BS.

It enhances my narrative. So regionals are filled with the inexperienced and 20 year unhireables. Thanks! There’s a reason United/Delta don’t want flows my boy. At least American deems most there partner airline’s pilots eligible to fly legacy legacy aircraft.

What narrative? If he was there 20 years he could have flowed but chose not. That doesn't make him. Unhittable. It means he chose QOL

Again, all you have to do is walk around any major airport and look at all the baby faces in uniforms. The inexperience at the majors today is palpable as well. Not more or less than at the regionals. Plenty of close calls in the last few years by major airlines.

He had to interview. It wasn’t a straight flow. Do you even know how it works? It was probably a preferential interview for this person.

the last 15 years have been a statical anomaly, perhaps the math is simply evening things out.

There'a a reason they are there for 20 years. It's not for their seniority, glamourous life at the regional or killer schedules. Yes, I know there are an infintesimal amount of outliers (people with side gigs and their work schedule works for that given their seniority etc) but that's not the main reason most stay stuck at a regional for that period of time.

It's not only Delta, all the legaices just went thru an tremendous hiring boom with crazy seniority progression (just look at our 2 year 76 captain(s) ). No, most of the cats, so called "sticking it out" at the regionals, are just flat out not hireable at a legacy. That's why they haven't moved on.

It's not a flex. I can tell you, however, my regional training was orders of magnitude more challenging than the cake walk that is Delta "training."

He doesn't have to be hirable. He has a free job, no interview at Delta. I'm sure you know this, right?