Originally Posted by
Dropp the Pilot
If you wish to dig deeper in the archives you will find that when Emirates had 727s but A310s were on the way as replacements, all 727 pilots were told they would be let go. The rationale given was that any pilot accustomed to flying something as crude as a 727 would be incapable of adjusting to the complexity of the Airbus.
A lot of Airbus guys are incapable of adjusting to the complexity of an Airbus.