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The real question is...
I'm at 390 tt and 20 me. Am I ready to fly a plane on a 30 minute ETE into thunderstorms, a caution message on the EICAS, a captain running the QRH while I fly and work the radios into the busiest airport in the world, brief and execute a CAT II approach, and have dinner with the family the same night?
-Brett
Unfortunately, flight instructors only teach what they have been taught. And for the most part that's General Aviation.
I can see some frustration coming from folks who logged over 2000 hours before they even smelled JETA, but really, everyone has to learn somewhere at some time how to transition from GA to an airline, and really, most of you would have taken a jet job at 400 hours if you had the opportunity.
If you want to blame the airlines for creating this mess (for not paying more to attract more experienced pilots), I can see your point. But I don't agree with dogging on low time pilots for taking advantage of opportunities, and calling it "babysitting." If they have a bad attitude, that's a different subject, but otherwise, a little mentoring will go a lot futher than all this belittling of the guy in the right seat.
Don't listen to pipejockey,he probably is just a disgruntled failure and doesn;t want to see you take his old job. Go For it...I disagree. The real question is are you ready to spend 18 plus days a month on the road, with constant 12-16 hour duty days while being paid for as few as 5 due to the unconscionable sit times the screw planners put into the schedules, 5 legs a day with as many as 4 plane changes, never operating on time, always late to depart, late to arrive, working weekends, holidays and missing just about every important event at home for a company that will pay you like an uneducated, highschool dropout living in a van down by the river getting high every night, getting put up in crappy hotels with no other consideration but cost to the company, getting pay cuts every year because your contractual pay raises do not come close to keeping up with inflation AKA the cost of living, all the while dealing with a management team that thinks you should devote your life to their crappy little airline and crappy little job, and be as happy as a clam doing because you get to fly a barbie jet around the sky...whoopie!!!
I can continue but I think the point has been made. Son, get a REAL job that pays you a REAL living and use your dedication and devotion you obviously have to pursue this racket, and do something where you are considered part of a valued team that treats you accordingly, such as with some respect. In other words a real career.
Riddle Education:
Don't listen to pipejockey,he probably is just a disgruntled failure and doesn;t want to see you take his old job. Go For it...