SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Aren't a you a big advocate of raising the bar pcl128, when there are thousands on the street with more experience than 15 hours of multi? Not having submissive 200 hour pilots as union membersa? Oh wait you were a PFTer at GIA right? He'll be more than fine, there are guys with very little time learning how to fly a 747 in China right now let alone a little barby jet. The point is, is it safe?
Is it as safe as having a 5,000 hour furloughed major airline pilot in the seat? Of course not. Is it safer than having a 1,000 CFI in the seat that hasn't been through an RJ program? Well, that's debatable in my opinion. The sad fact is, most regionals aren't too fond of hiring high-time furloughed pilots. They know that the furloughed guy is going to jump up and leave as soon as he gets a better offer, and pretty much anything is better than $20/hr. So, my question to you is, should this pilot refuse to take the job just because he thinks that the airline should hire the furloughed major pilot, even though he knows that they won't hire that major pilot? Makes no sense to me. If I had my way, yes, all of the high-time airline guys would get the jobs first. But that's simply not going to happen. So, the low time guy might as well make himself competitive and do what he can to get the job.