Originally Posted by
Blueskies21
There are lots of furloughed guys who didn't get hired with 250 hours. A furloughed pilot is slightly more of a known quantity. He's already passed a 121 training program once, and therefore is pretty likely to pass again.
Nothing against CFI's just pointing out why it is an airline might want a furloughed guy.
Exactly!
Also what about the CFIs that have 2000 hours flying C-152 around. They might not make it through the sim. The furloughed guys have already proven themselves.
Regardless, Colgan might not be bad if you didn't have to commute for them, yes the pay is horrible but pay will continue to go down every where as long as pilots keep believing in the whole age 65 pilot shortage idea.
Pilot shortage idea has always been a marketing tool to get students enrolled into flight schools.
