13+ Things your pilot won't tell you.

ahsmatt7 said:
Can anyone point me to the 121 regs that only regionals are held too?
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Wasn't there some big stink a few years back about United hiring a bunch of under qualified FO's to meet some hiring quota? People with the same times that the regionals were requiring back then?

I can remember a FO on a commute telling me about a United FO he had talked to while he was commuting that it was her first job, ever. She had gone to riddle, and got hired at United right out of school.
 
mshunter said:
Wasn't there some big stink a few years back about United hiring a bunch of under qualified FO's to meet some hiring quota? People with the same times that the regionals were requiring back then?

I can remember a FO on a commute telling me about a United FO he had talked to while he was commuting that it was her first job, ever. She had gone to riddle, and got hired at United right out of school.
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How long ago was this?
 
Whatever you pay to fly, we pay more.

Please don’t complain to me about your lost bags or the rotten service or that the airline did this or that. My retirement was taken to help subsidize your $39 airfare. —Pilot, South Carolina
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IMO, the passengers have a right to complain if their bags get lost. They pay an additional fee, above and beyond the ticket price, for their bag to get to the final destination. I've always thought if the airline can't get the bag there on time with you on your plane when you land, then they should refund the $25 bag fee. As for rotten service complaints, oh please. Like you will fly the plane differently because your pension is gone? IMO this is a lame one.

I know pilots who spend a quarter million on their education and training, then that first year as a pilot, they qualify for food stamps. —Furloughed first officer, Texas
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It's a system pilots have set up (via outsourcing scope) and willingly take jobs at. And this 'quarter of a million' in education and training sounds like someone who went to Riddle recently for all that debt.
 
Most of the time, how you land is a good indicator of a pilot’s skill.
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Lol @ that one. Sat in the back of a 330 to Amsterdam in 2008 and they landed pretty hard. CA told me that he has been flying for 20+ years so he just didn't give a crap.

Oh, and the proper way to land a CRJ-200 is "firmly". So yeah, this one makes me LOL.
 
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