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Travis never should have left!!!!!!!!!
I think he is trying to state that it comes down to experience.
Gotta love a cryptic, condescending smartass on the internet...
Tell you what. Ask anyone if anybody who has to rsort to name calling after receiving only few critical words should be a captain of any aircraft.....
There are tons of people who get on our flights everyday, that can truely test your patience. If you think just being safe is the only queality that's required by any captain, you're right -- there are lots of other carriers who would be happy to put you in the left seat.
As of now, 3000 is where PDT draws the line, however arbitrary it may be. Deal with it.
The truth only hurts if it should, friend.
I asked an honest, legitimate question and it was "answered" by you in a condescending, smart-ass tone. All I wanted was the reasoning why some folks feel 3000 hours to upgrade at Piedmont is a "necessity". If you had made any reference to the average (in)experience of PDT's newhires or airplane/airport-specifc operational issues I'd have understood...but you offered NOTHING to that end. JonnyP did, and I thanked him for his insight.
What you just described is not specific to Piedmont, or even the US Airways Express system - those issues exist everywhere. And while total time or even time in type *might* be an indicator of safety from an experience perspective, it's a piss-poor indicator of the quality of a given captain's judgment or customer service skills.
I don't have to "deal with it", I don't work there though I have the utmost respect for PDT pilots and the flying they do. Besides, I never said 1500 hours of experience was equal to 3000 hours...a fact I've repeated at least three times now.
Guess that's what I get for asking an honest question on Flightinfo.
dirkdigler said:Sounds like you've got it all figured out.
dirkdigler said:Wish you best of luck.
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