Originally Posted by
Lighteningspeed
9. The amount of unemployed pilots in the US today would just cover the need for one year of hiring at peak levels with top retirement numbers like in 3 years from now. The year after that the aviation colleges would only be able to supply 15 to 20% of the demand.<quote>.
Another Nonsense. Majors and regionals are shrinking. Regionals are shrinking faster than you can say nuts. I say again for those hard of hearing, There is no shortage of qualified pilots in the US. There are plenty of well qualified pilots, from furloughed and working regional pilots, corporate pilots, freight pilots, and military pilots waiting for better opportunities to show up in the next couple of years. The reason why so many regionals hired so many 350 hour wonders in 2008 time frame is because very few ATP rated pilots could afford to fly for $23/hour at a regional when you can make more doing just about anything else.
Talk about Nonsense
The only Regional shrinking are the ones owned by majors (eccept for Mesa but that is another story) or do you mean that Republic, Skywest, GoJet, Pinnacle and even Colgan are shrinking?
The amount of 350 wonders hired 2007-2008 are not many at all like you would like people to believe. 2% of the Regional pilots actually. The FAA has the numbers. Check them out. Some Regionals kept 1000 TT and 100 ME even during 2007-2008. I should know as my Regional had that. My class 2007 had only guys with an average of 3000 hours and even a couple of guys with 7000 hours TT. All of them seemed to be able to afford the $23 for the first year as they where there.
You dont know squat and are just guessing without having done any home work and then you like to call others that done it for "nonsense".
Other you are an old fart at a major with very small windows, negative attitude and think he knows it all because he says so or you are a young punk that is bitter and thinks that is everyones else fault he can not move forward fast enough in his career. What ever you are you sure sound like voices from the 1930 and 40 in Germany, trying to blaim your problems on foreigners and who knows what else.
Maybe you should learn another language than English and get more global and try your luck in other places. I had 15 years as a Commercial pilot, worked for 3 companies, many thousends hours and more than 1000 just in Turbine time before I started with my Regional (you can call me wonder if you like) and I do not have a negative attitude like you because of that. I could be complaining that I should have been at a major instead but when I hear the attitude and what comes out from some of the major pilots mouth I am glad that I am at the Regionals where most do not have other options than just be humble. All roads are not easy, all are different and one has to do the best of it. I do not blaim others if i cannot move forward. that' for sure.
We all had to start at $23. I wish we could change the pay. Heck I want to get $123 to start but that is dreaming at the moment.
If you cannot afford to take a job then look for something else or try to change what Regional pilots are being paid in an active way or maybe just maybe you should think about even adapting your way of living to the $23 an hour for the first year like most of us had to.............
