Pilot Shortage???
05-26-2016, 08:42 AM
#81
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Originally Posted by horrido27
No such thing as a Pilot Shortage.
Airline management & lobbyists want us to believe that so they can push to lower the 1500hr/ATP rule and also raise the retirement age to 67 or 70...
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Airline management & lobbyists want us to believe that so they can push to lower the 1500hr/ATP rule and also raise the retirement age to 67 or 70...
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05-26-2016, 10:55 AM
#83
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Originally Posted by Xray678
Management doesn't want 67 or 70. I've even heard many in management grumbling about age 65. Sick leave goes through the roof after about 62 1/2. Older pilots may want a higher age, but management does not.
Sick leave? That is usually seniority driven, not age. Why do you think DAL tried to get the "doctor's note" provision in their last contract attempt?
05-26-2016, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Packrat
Sick leave? That is usually seniority driven, not age.
Page 2 of this actuarial report says otherwise. http://www.healthcostinstitute.org/f...ve-Study_0.pdf
Where did you come up with such a preposterous idea?
05-26-2016, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Andy
Wow. Just wow.
Page 2 of this actuarial report says otherwise. http://www.healthcostinstitute.org/f...ve-Study_0.pdf
Where did you come up with such a preposterous idea?
Page 2 of this actuarial report says otherwise. http://www.healthcostinstitute.org/f...ve-Study_0.pdf
Where did you come up with such a preposterous idea?
05-26-2016, 12:27 PM
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"A couple years ago Delta started a little recruiting at job fairs. Their hiring manager said there were 2,000 "desirable" pilots at the regionals they were targeting. Those are likely gone by now. They are steadily lowering their standards the same as they did in the late '90s/early 2000's. There are a significant amount of regional pilots who will not move to the majors for various reasons."
In case you didn't know, I'm a "Tier 1" candidate and I'm kinda a "Big Fish" around here. Just saying.... My call is coming any day now.
In case you didn't know, I'm a "Tier 1" candidate and I'm kinda a "Big Fish" around here. Just saying.... My call is coming any day now.
05-26-2016, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MartinBishop
Really? When why are some airlines having to cancel flights because they don't have enough pilots to fly them? 
At the far left end of pay spectrum, low-balling regionals are struggling to find the few people that will work for them. At the high pay carriers, pilots are paying for both job fair attendance and then fast passes to talk to the big guys.
For the sake of the profession, no pilot should ever say "pilot shortage" until Delta cancels a class due to lack of interest.
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