sillypeoples
I understand your frustration and I hope you don't follow the admirals advice.
When I got my big airline job, I saw a bunch of mediocre pilots...just shocking. So hang in there and maybe things will work out.
I've never held the jetblue organization to be very good...same with alaska.
so try with a few other name lines! And hold on to a sense of humor.
This jetblue pilot in question ...do you ever wonder what might have happened if he had walked up and down the aisle a few times and gotten over what was bugging him? he might have gone on to land in las vegas on time.
we all get pissed off. and ranting a bit can help.
I once listened to my captain rant and rave about the FAA being screwed up on the PA system...we were all so embarrased, me and the three FA's got off the plane on to the jetway till he stopped talking...a deadheading pilot asked: ''is he ok?".
he was ok...just a jerk...
he kept a teddy bear on the anti glare panel named "LUCKY"...it was a pickup device, any FA (girl) that said: what's that? would get: he's lucky...do you want to get lucky?
he also had a pair of fuzzy dice hanging from the emergency power switch, looking like we were in a '57 chevy instead of a DC9.
nuts? no? a crack/crank? maybe...he didn't crash though.
maybe the world we live in post 911 is less tollerent of oddballs.