Originally Posted by
dc10guy
Back then the commuters like ASA, Eagle, etc was PFT. Is that when you were hired at ASA? How could there be a shortage when people were paying to go to work? I
I worked at Eagle 25 years ago...As far as I know it never had a Pay for training program or training bond...The average pilot experience in my new hire class at eagle was 3500 hours and over 1000 turbine....The pay was awful, but that was the motivation to escape to bigger and better Paychecks...The pilot shortage debate has been around for my 30 years in aviation and will be going on into the future...