Originally Posted by
Danzig
Another reason I am curious how they're even getting pilots.
They're getting pilots because there are a thousand of them on the street who could step into the left seat right now. Right behind those thousand are 5,000 more who would do it just to get some wide-body, International experience, and who perceive (correctly) that the worse the job, the quicker the turnover. The quicker the turnover, the faster
they can make left-seat, and the quicker
they make left-seat, the quicker they get their own 1,000 hrs PIC and move on to (hopefully) better jobs.
That's always been the problem with ACMI...half the people there (2/3rds if they're flying 3-man airplanes) actually
benefit from high turnover.