No Mins at Pinnacle or Eagle?

[FlyinScotsman]

Anyone know for sure??


Are the new mins a MEL Commercial ticket and a pulse?

Oh, and spiky hair gel, ipod and a backpack. Can't forget that!

 

[Edge540]

Anyone know for sure??


Are the new mins a MEL Commercial ticket and a pulse?

Oh, and spiky hair gel, ipod and a backpack. Can't forget that!

A friend who works at 9E says that they will hire anyone, as you said, with a Comm. MEL and a pulse. I heard some girl got hired with 295 hours. I have four friends that work there, and they have nothing but bad things to say about the place. One is a guy who, back in the day, would fly any chance he got in any plane. He truly loved aviation. After six years at pinnacle, he is so disgusted with the place that he wants to quit flying, for work and fun, all together. He is not the typical pilot bitcher either. Needless to say, I didn't apply there.

 

[gnx99]

The Pinnacle ad for months now has made no mention of flight time, so I guess so. I sure hope we actually see a pilot shortage sometime soon. One can only dream.....

 

[BoilerUP]

The "ipod using, spiky hair having, Doc Marten wearing, backpack toting regional FO" cliche has been beat to DEATH to the point it is old and busted.

Please find a new cliche.

Thank you.

 

[Canadair RJ]

295 hours? Was this through a bridge program or Jet U?

 

[rickair7777]

A friend who works at 9E says that they will hire anyone, as you said, with a Comm. MEL and a pulse. I heard some girl got hired with 295 hours. I have four friends that work there, and they have nothing but bad things to say about the place. One is a guy who, back in the day, would fly any chance he got in any plane. He truly loved aviation. After six years at pinnacle, he is so disgusted with the place that he wants to quit flying, for work and fun, all together. He is not the typical pilot bitcher either. Needless to say, I didn't apply there.

If you are going to have an avatar like that, you should be doing WAY more posting. I mean, come on, only seven???

 

[FlyinScotsman]

The "ipod using, spiky hair having, Doc Marten wearing, backpack toting regional FO" cliche has been beat to DEATH to the point it is old and busted.

Please find a new cliche.

Thank you.

Thanks, I am glad you pointed that out. I will try harder for you next time.

Note to self: Gotta get better cliche's, people are watchin.

 

[taildragerpilot]

The "ipod using, spiky hair having, Doc Marten wearing, backpack toting regional FO" cliche has been beat to DEATH to the point it is old and busted.

Please find a new cliche.

Thank you.

you seemed to fit that cliche when you threw bags in LAF

 

[PCL_128]

The "ipod using, spiky hair having, Doc Marten wearing, backpack toting regional FO" cliche has been beat to DEATH to the point it is old and busted.

Please find a new cliche.

Thank you.

If so many regional FOs didn't fit it perfectly, then maybe it would be time for a new one, but you've got to admit that this is one accurate cliche. Look around you in the terminal next time you're at work. I guarantee that you'll spot several regional FOs that fit neatly into the cliche. Sad but true.

 

[doh]

What do you mean "no mins"? You gotta be breathin', don'cha?

 

[pilotkppsg]

The "ipod using, spiky hair having, Doc Marten wearing, backpack toting regional FO" cliche has been beat to DEATH to the point it is old and busted.

Please find a new cliche.

Thank you.

Yeah, it is getting just a bit gay.

 

[BoilerUP]

you seemed to fit that cliche when you threw bags in LAF

Except I wasn't an FO in anything in LAF except for maybe a Piper Warrior.

And my hair was short because of ROTC.

And I didn't own an Apple product until late 2005.

But other than that, I sure did! Who dis be?

 

[BoilerUP]

I've never seen an FO walk through a terminal with earbuds in. I have seen many pilots (regional through widebody, FOs & CAs) with those stupid Bluetooth headsets on, however.

I've only seen one FO walk through the terminal with Oakleys on with spiky, frosted tip hair. It was a Skywest FO in Denver. I have noticed more than a few regional pilots using "product", but once again, both FOs and CAs.

I've seen more CAPTAINS with backpacks at my airline than I've seen FOs...by a wide margin.

(you guys don't visit www.fark.com much, do you?)

 

[CA1900]

I've never seen an FO walk through a terminal with earbuds in.

I have. On a BUF overnight at my last job, I came downstairs to see the FO I was flying with eating breakfast with his iPod blaring (surrounding tables could hear it), and his sunglasses on. At 5:45am. Inside a hotel. Then we get to boarding the flight. I finish the paperwork and look out, and while standing at the bottom of the airstairs where he's supposed to be, he's talking on his cellphone while waving "hi" to the passengers boarding.

I started an engine to end the phone call, and we had a long chat about professionalism and "things you don't do in a pilot uniform" on the flight out. To say I was pissed off would put it mildly.

(Any C5 pilots will probably know instantly who I'm talking about. If not, think Mexican food.)

(you guys don't visit www.fark.com much, do you?)

Hahaha... I love Fark. "Here comes the science..."

 

[McNugget]

Oh, and spiky hair gel, ipod and a backpack. Can't forget that!

If you ever want to make CRJ CAPTAIN!


















Surrender your pay and fight another day- ALPA

 

[pgcfii2002]

The younger generation is clueless........

 

[ATA73Pilot]

The younger generation is clueless........

More like a lack of appreciation for the history and culture of what was once a true "profession".

 

[pgcfii2002]

Sad...but true!!

 

[EWRJ0225]

i rarely post on flightinfo, i usually just sit back, read and laugh! But i must add that this young regional cliche is getting old. Despite the validity of the cliche. Some people style their hair a certain way. Yeah as long as it meets the "dress code" who cares. And who doesnt like to listen to music, people keeping bashing people just cause they are listening to some music while walking around the terminal. Me personally, I listen to my ipod while walking around the terminal to keep myself from laughing at the gate agents making boarding announcements in some wierd form of aranglish, portuglish or what have you. So to all of you who believe every pilot should look, think alike, and fit a certain mold. All your doing is taking away everyones individuality and making us more of a robot, monkey suit wearing, button pushing, bus driver. Insert the word fachist here. Like pilots were supposed to be bred in a factory, where they come out with a goofy news anchor traditional hair cut, disgruntled look, airforce flight kit sticker, and a union pin sticking up their ass. Yeah I understand how older pilots bash younger people, and its a social norm that has been going on since the beginning of time. Generation gaps can not understand one another. I dont think having your hair cut a certain way, or listening to an ipod is a lack of professionalism. Stereotyping and "clicheing" (not a real word) one another is unprofessional. Cant we all just get along and respect each others diversity.

 

[Almerick07]

Maybe if management treated pilots as professionals we would act like it?

 

[PCL_128]

Insert the word fachist here.

Well, it would actually have to be a word first.

Spikey-haired regional FO spelling lesson of the day: it's spelled fascist

 

[EWRJ0225]

Well, it would actually have to be a word first.

Spikey-haired regional FO spelling lesson of the day: it's spelled fascist

sorry! In my heat of the moment light speed typing, "i misspelled", but i am sure you have never speled anythang incorectli.

 

[arthompson]

No....see I know PCL....he's pretty anal. He can't even misspell on ACARS

 

[FrontierFan]

I wear my IPod, Backpack, and Doc Martins. So what?

 

[PCL_128]

No....see I know PCL....he's pretty anal. He can't even misspell on ACARS

A little obsessive-compulsive disorder never hurt anyone.

Send me your phone number via PM. I lost my cell phone a few months ago and that's the only place I had your number.

 

[airspeedsalive]

Maybe if management treated pilots as professionals we would act like it?

I've seen this exact response on several threads like this one. It's not a good argument.

Anyone who's been in aviation for any length of time knew exactly what they were getting into. Bad QOL, lousy money, etc.

That fact remains that professional pilots are, in fact, professionals. They should look and act like the part. Maybe if WE present ourselves as professional, management treat us as such - probably not, but I think it's a more logical approach.

Nothing personal - just my opinion.

 

[FlyinScotsman]

i rarely post on flightinfo, i usually just sit back, read and laugh! But i must add that this young regional cliche is getting old. Despite the validity of the cliche. Some people style their hair a certain way. Yeah as long as it meets the "dress code" who cares. And who doesnt like to listen to music, people keeping bashing people just cause they are listening to some music while walking around the terminal. Me personally, I listen to my ipod while walking around the terminal to keep myself from laughing at the gate agents making boarding announcements in some wierd form of aranglish, portuglish or what have you. So to all of you who believe every pilot should look, think alike, and fit a certain mold. All your doing is taking away everyones individuality and making us more of a robot, monkey suit wearing, button pushing, bus driver. Insert the word fachist here. Like pilots were supposed to be bred in a factory, where they come out with a goofy news anchor traditional hair cut, disgruntled look, airforce flight kit sticker, and a union pin sticking up their ass. Yeah I understand how older pilots bash younger people, and its a social norm that has been going on since the beginning of time. Generation gaps can not understand one another. I dont think having your hair cut a certain way, or listening to an ipod is a lack of professionalism. Stereotyping and "clicheing" (not a real word) one another is unprofessional. Cant we all just get along and respect each others diversity.

What about the hiring mins at Pinnacle and Eagle?

You might ask what I am talking about??


It is the point of the thread, the topic you know!

I just threw in the "cliche" because it is funny.

It is funny because there is some truth behind it, but no less a joke.

Lighten up Francis!!!!!!

 

[airspeedsalive]

By the way, the cliche may be old but it's still funny!

 

[AVRO_FO]

When did the Ipod, spiked/frosted hair, Doc Marten and backpack cliche begin actually? In my own defense, I have a backpack laptop bag, I just keep it on top of my luggage bag and off my shoulder as much as possible. I don't even have a camera phone so an Ipod is a little bit out of my technological relm right now unless they start to pod cast Dexter, Weeds, Big Love, Sopranos and The Wire. I would have to get one then.

 

[handlesaregay]

Did somebody mention hair gel?