Times are a changing

[Scuba_Steve]

Fresh out of school and into a Boeing.  Far cry from my days on the ramp in the late 90s.


I'd be curious to know if Sunwing has them on a different pay scale, when Jazz did this a few years back they were slotted into the regular scale like anyone else. 



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[ScudRunner-d95]

5000 hours and Time on type to fly a ho when I got started. Kids these days

[Eric Janson]

I'm sure we'd all have gladly accepted this opportunity had it been available in the past.

I've done plenty of flying with 250hr cadets - some of them have developed into extremely competent Pilots.

I've flown with a 19 year old First Officer on the 757 - he could fly the aircraft across the Atlantic but he couldn't rent a car in Canada! Very sharp guy - you only had to show him once.

I don't buy the safety argument against this - plenty of accidents involving high time experienced crews (see Montego Bay).

[ScudRunner-d95]

Ya I probably would have been all over that like a fat kid on a smartie, but then I would have missed the best  flying of my career.

I wonder what the pay is ? Do they have a different scale for the noobs ?

[Scuba_Steve]

One of my best FO's ever was a 250 hr guy, we did our Lear 35 initial together, by the time he had 1000 hours he was better than most of the captains I was working with.  Not saying it isn't possible, I guess its the new world we live in.


And yes I would have been all over this like a fat kid on a smartie when I was first starting out, however, I wouldn't trade my experience up north and overseas for anything. 


Cheers