Originally Posted by
atpcliff
Horizon Air is canceling hundreds of flights because of the "pilot shortage." It's airlines' fault.
"...American companies don’t have a shortage of people. They have a shortage of wages, benefits, and training. Companies could fix that problem, but they haven’t.
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But many businesses seem blind to the reality. They’ve become accustomed to thinking they have can have all the labor they want, with all the skills they need, without having to pay much for it or offer long-term job security or help fund the training.
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To recruit new employees, offer to train them yourselves, or to pay back the loans they incur while getting the training that will enable you to run your business, or offer to split the flight school tuition in exchange for a commitment to work for the airline for several years.
There’s a phrase people in companies use when colleagues complain of a challenging situation. “You’re a businessperson. Figure it out.” Managers and leaders get paid to figure out how to solve the problems they face. Coping with a shortage of skilled workers by shuttering a portion of your operations doesn’t seem like much of a solution."
It's a viable solution if your plan are to pay your employees less than the going market for education and training for any industry. This is exactly what the airline industry is doing as a whole and the regional airline sector in particular. I left the regional airline industry 20 years ago and the only difference is more regional jets.