Captskyboy, what an extraordinary outburst. We were all similarly enthusiastic as you in the first two weeks of our very first airline job. (Congratulations by the way)
I’m sure your very special chief pilot is as you say, an angel in disguise...and I’m extremely jealous.
When you have been around the business for as long as some of the pilots that have shared their dissatisfaction with the way they are treated/worked, you may have a less than rosy view of the world.
Your advice to leave if we don’t like it, tells me that you have no idea about the seniority system.
If you had spent 15 years in a company with 9000 + hrs experience and then that company had a management change and started treating you like indentured servants, would you be prepared to leave, take a massive pay cut and demotion to become an F/O, junior to a 200 hrs CPL twenty-something in a new company?
It the answer is yes, you’re a braver man/woman than I. (And with less to lose)
