Originally Posted by
Southern Fried
All of you rocket surgeons who think pilots are responsible for growth think too highly of yourselves.
It's not that.
It's that of the employees that are required to get a plane off the ground, we are probably the longest lead time to get qualified and I'm certain it's the most expensive. (Be interesting to show cost of training/return on investment for the following four fields.)
Considering the above list of FA, mech, dispatch, pilot.
So, you have to have a steady pipeline with a long lead time and it's expensive and the training is paid for by the employee up to the time of hiring.
Dispatch: 2 week course.
FA: 6 weeks? (Don't recall.)
Mechanic: 24-30 months, can be done 100% as apprentice program I believe?
Pilot: 2 years min (1250 hrs/Associates. Aside from military but the only ones we could get inside of 10 years is Guard/Reserve. A limited supply.)
It's not ego I don't think. State another employee type that takes more time/money to train.