Well i have been reading all the messages .One of my friends was fired from CX so i know how that hurt .On the other hand for people to post things like "you will not be welcome in my cockpit" hurts even more , because i figured we all fly under the same sky. I always remember how i stared washing airplanes , working at a mall to get enought money to get my instructor rating , breaking my first 1,000 hours . Then i got my right seat on a twin otter . I was not welcome either . Just an instructor . My captain had 36.000 hours with 21.000 hours on floats on twin otters and he HATED instructor types . He "rode " my ass for 6 month . Where did you learn how to fly ? was one of his favourite sayings . We became best friends and he taught me everything i know . I moved on and now fly single pilot IFR in BC Canada . I get up at 4 am to haul freight out of YVR . I see CX every day in the afternoon . By that time i have been up for 10 hours and i have 3 more trips .In the winter down to minimums with mountains on both sides . Yes i would love to have a co-pilot .I don 't know anybody who was born into a 747 , but i might be wrong.
I will not accept a position at CX , because i have not been offert one , (did not apply either ) . After reading people not welcoming new guys into CX i just thought i should post this because think about it . You are not trainig any new guys , your schedule will get worse and you will complain that you have to fly more. You have to drink beer with the same guys that are just about as bitter as you are and how boring a night over the ocean must be if you have nothing else to do than to think about how bad life is . Guess you do not remember flying a single engine airplane in IMC over the rocks . I know people will flame me , telling me that i don t know the real story behind the whole affair etc , but this is not what this post is about .It is about a guy not welcoming new crew into "His " cockpit , not realising that eventually he is cutting off his own foot. But just my thoughts and remember we all came from somewhere , and how glad you guys were when you got the call to fly the heavy stuff ....
Life must be bad at 350 with a cup of coffee and a nice hotel to go to after you are done........