Originally Posted by
bondjamesbond
What I was getting at was that many of us don't have formal training outside of aviation that would help us gain employment. I definitely don't feel like unskilled labor in the cockpit. And all pilots who make their living in airplanes, not just airline guys.
I've heard this before from the likes of SkyHIgh - that pilots have no skills outside of the cockpit.I'm not sure who sold you that bill of goods - but I say BUNK!
Just look at the tenets of CRM and tell me that you can't spin those to match any aspects that an employer would want in a individual - especially some lower/middle management job as an example.
To me - this is as crazy as someone in the military coming out and saying 'all the Army taught me was to drive a tank and that doesn't help me in the civilian world'. In that case - if that is ALL you got out the Army's training - then you don't understand the skills you learned.