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It's been my experience that everybody becomes frustrated when fast advancement stops.100LL... Again! said:The same get-there-quick attitude that causes people to want to get into an airline cockpit TODAY may also, as a previous poster noted, become frustrated when the fast advancement stops.
I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand, there are a lot of "wonder pilots" out there whose parents were pilots and they know how the system works...but they also have the money, so why not take a shortcut? At any rate, I don't think a "300-hour wonder" who happenes to be the child of, say, an Eastern striker is likely to cave on contract issues. 300-hours means inexperienced, not stupid.
Second of all, those who possess this [get-there-quick attitude] are also more likely to cave on contract issues, since they seem to have less respect for all phases of the profession and are only interested in 'getting theirs.'
(Speaking of Eastern,) guys who crossed the picket lines in March of '89 had a hellova lot more than 300 hours. Apparently, whether or not "suffering and adversity builds character" still depends on the individual!Suffering and adversity builds character...
surplus1 said:To the best of my knowledge, Comair has NEVER hired any 300 hour pilots from the "academy" or anywhere else.
KingAirer said:Im not quite sure where this discussion leaves pilots with a 4 year degree, 1000+TT, 300+ multi, 8 years in aviation, couple of years line service, flown all over the country, and flown some crappy airplanes.
I have more respect than you can imagine for those guys who have been furloughed and taken jobs at the bottom of the barrel and flying as FOs to those who may have less time then they have in the seat beside them.
TurboS7 said:The instructing, flying cargo, flying poorly maintained airplanes, and having bad stuff happens to you pays off later in your life. You only get to have a fatal crash once, experience will save you. If the thrust had been reduced on the CLT B1900 crash just maybe she could have flown it out. You regional guys give a try in the sim and you will see what I am talking about.........coming from a stuctured learning situation doesn't give one the open mind needed for a real problem. Read the latest Flying article, the Alaska MD-83 that crashed. The captain was thrilled because they got the airplane flying again prior to impact, it was inverted but it was flying.... Those guys stayed with it all the way to the end.