Thread: Pilot Shortage
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Old 09-19-2018, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by kevbo View Post
It takes more time and money to mint a pilot than any other position. All other support personell can be hired at a bus stop. This growth has been good for everyone except mechanics, his job left the country and will never return.
I think it will be back eventually, if there's ever a major accident due to outsourced heavy checks in a country where high-on-the-job is the norm and drug testing is illegal. Or the Bad Guys access and modify a plane getting a D-check in some third-world hole.
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