Originally Posted by
Sam Ting Wong
Customers don't care anymore who sits in the drivers seat, they are aware of the statistics. Plus most captains <50 ish will stay, and with command times of 15-20 years it really doesn't matter anymore with how much experience you started.
That’s true, most of the time, until that dark and stormy night with moderate to severe turbulence, high gusty crosswinds, and a contaminated runway; then that highly compensated gweillo captain with heaps of experience looks pretty good. If you’ve been in this business long enough, you’ve seen some of those nights. That gets your attention regardless of your experience level. I love watching the passengers disembark with their relieved, though somewhat pale, faces.