Originally Posted by
sailingfun
You dramatically overestimate training costs. Most of the cost of training is fixed and already paid for at the major airlines.
I didn’t ‘dramatically overestimate training costs,’ at all, in fact I didn’t QUANTIFY training costs at all.
I simply pointed out that training involving new type-ratings and multiple displacements due to furloughs in a variety of types is more expensive than simple junior pilot furloughs and downgrade of junior captains into the right seat in an airline with a single fleet type, and it is. And a cascade of training requirements caused by multiple displacements is NOT covered by the usual training overhead.
Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The principle cost is loss of productivity while a pilot is off the line training.
On this we agree, particularly when it’s a very senior pilot getting a new type rating after he/she has been displaced to more junior equipment. Most will be paid at the higher rate until completing the training in accordance with the contract.
Originally Posted by
sailingfun
That is a non issue now with a surplus of pilots.
No, It is not. It IS an issue if the furloughs of the junior personnel need to be deferred until their replacement is trained because THAT COSTS MONEY. This is ultimately about money, not a deficiency of pilots. You wouldn’t be furloughing at all unless you had a surplus of pilots.