Mister Geezer,
I enjoyed your letter. My apologies for my Saab confusion; you are quite right about the 2000.
I suppose that the acid test for the career path return of the aircraft one flies is how much that type is held in esteem by those who run the jet carriers' interview panels. It seems to me that Eastern have set their own entry criteria and, willy nilly, if an aspiring pilot wants a job with them he will have to comply.
I doubt that the long term results of such a policy will do the company too much good if an aviation upswing really does come into being.
