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06-12-2018 | 08:18 AM
#41
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They're already pulling from the regionals, but they'll need to replenish those seats (unless we can pull all of our flying up to mainline, which would be nice), to keep the operation going. They just don't think that hiring from the mil/regionals will be enough in the coming decade. Last time I was at Mecca it was mentioned that they expected to get 1/3rd from Military, 1/3rd from Regionals/135/et.., and 1/3rd from direct hire programs like this.
The first book I ever read about professional aviation (the name escapes me) was about a dude that retired as a WB Captain. The book starts out in the 60s or 70s, when he was flying home from college and he had no idea what he was going to do. Flipping through the pages of the airline magazine, he saw an add that said come fly for XX airline (I think AAL). They paid for all his training, got him experience and put him in the right seat. While they're not so desperate that they're paying for training (yet), what's old is new again...
The first book I ever read about professional aviation (the name escapes me) was about a dude that retired as a WB Captain. The book starts out in the 60s or 70s, when he was flying home from college and he had no idea what he was going to do. Flipping through the pages of the airline magazine, he saw an add that said come fly for XX airline (I think AAL). They paid for all his training, got him experience and put him in the right seat. While they're not so desperate that they're paying for training (yet), what's old is new again...
This is not a direct hire program.
06-12-2018 | 09:49 AM
#44
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That's true. Seems to me you join the military these days because you want to fly military airplanes, do a wide variety of missions, make the best friends you'll ever have, and serve your country. The Air Force commitment is 10 years after pilot training and the Navy is 8 years. If you want to be an airline pilot, there are much better ways or you go Guard or Reserve. The services are really short of pilots right now. If that continues, a program that combines airline and military interests would make a lot of sense.
06-12-2018 | 10:40 AM
#45
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All the other airlines will copy this program, even the LCCs, which may offer better initial placement, than a regional.
Ultimately, the airlines should pay for your college, and training if you get accepted into these programs. Otherwise, I see them as an excuse, for these already ripoff Universities, to raise tuition.
Ultimately, the airlines should pay for your college, and training if you get accepted into these programs. Otherwise, I see them as an excuse, for these already ripoff Universities, to raise tuition.
06-12-2018 | 10:42 AM
#46
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06-12-2018 | 10:47 AM
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While this strategy (more like a lack thereof) may end up providing some of the supply needs going forward, it will do so by guaranteeing a massive cost increase in that supply, but as Jerry Seinfeld says, "that's 'Tomorrow Guy's' problem"
06-12-2018 | 11:07 AM
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Would you care to explain? The only control we have is what is in the contract if the company chooses to merge. We can’t as a union simply decide as a example to put all 9e pilots on the list. The company however can make that decision.
06-12-2018 | 11:10 AM
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I specifically said the company controls who gets added to the bottom of the list. The other poster said the company has basically complete control of the list and that's a ridiculously inaccurate way to phrase it.
