Stratocruiser, w.r.t.
but I'm not sure his promising, self-promoting and entreprising customers are prepared to the hostility that they will probably face from their collegues.
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degrading further the "atmosphere" between us
..... these must surely rank as some of the stupidest things I've seen written on PPRuNe in a very long while !
Now I don't know which airline you work for but if that’s how your lot carry on, then, well, words defeat me – and you deserve what you get.
Now I work at an airline that employs a fair number of low-houred folks, many of whom have indeed paid for their own type-ratings, and they are all terrific people and very capable pilots ( and they need to be, or else we won’t employ them ) and I have yet to see ( ever ) any of this surmised 'hostility' that you suggest is awaiting them - and if we did see it then the perpetrators would be severely dealt with in short order - but like I say, I've never seen it !
Also, the airline I work for have recently recruited several very experienced pilots, and several low hour self-funded pilots, so what you suggest about who gets recruited is codswallop !