Any 'surprises' with the new role and influx of "simulator (only)' trained commercial pilots?.

[Steve-C]

Originally Posted by StealthRabbit

Yes, there are minimum logged seat hours to reach certification, but.... I prefer to see a little 'gray' hair' in the cockpit. Yesterday's flight (A320) (legacy carrier) was a wake-up call...
Pretty rough summer weather (mtns, thunderstorms, rain), but not once did I feel comfortable with the conversation or control coming from upfront. Similar to when flying discount carriers overseas like Lion Air, and EZjet. The landing was bizarre (no wind issues, dry conditions, long runway where I've had hundreds of landings). Couple big bounces, and erratic extreme braking. Several passengers smacked the seat ahead with their heads (including myself), lose items (and lap kids) were flying everywhere. Lots of crying. No announcement or acknowledgement from the Flight deck, but the very young pilots remained in the cockpit, rather than greeting disembarking passengers.FAs took a lot of heat.

I hope this is not the New Normal.
Reminded me of those training runs as a commercial driver. So glad to make it back to the terminal alive.

This IS the New Normal. In "the old days" pilots were hired based on their flight experience / education and the hiring was performed by in-house pilots, not people from the HR department. I can only speak about one major airline that publicly declared that 50% of the future pilots they hire will NOT be chosen based on their flight experience but rather on their color/sex. I guess if that criteria is good enough to choose Supreme Court justices it's good enough to choose airline pilots who are responsible to deliver paying passengers safely to their destinations day in and day out. To me though, that appears to be textbook discrimination. Oh well..for some interesting reading search Atlas Air Flight 3591, there are people like this at many airlines...the friendly skies indeed!

[M3 Mitch]

Originally Posted by Steve-C

This IS the New Normal. In "the old days" pilots were hired based on their flight experience / education and the hiring was performed by in-house pilots, not people from the HR department. I can only speak about one major airline that publicly declared that 50% of the future pilots they hire will NOT be chosen based on their flight experience but rather on their color/sex. I guess if that criteria is good enough to choose Supreme Court justices it's good enough to choose airline pilots who are responsible to deliver paying passengers safely to their destinations day in and day out. To me though, that appears to be textbook discrimination. Oh well..for some interesting reading search Atlas Air Flight 3591, there are people like this at many airlines...the friendly skies indeed!

This reinforces my resolve to be done with commercial aviation entirely I don't need it anymore. Sianota.