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03-13-2014 | 05:32 PM
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Why would-be pilots are being kept out of airline cockpits - Fortune Management
Poor Mr. Wilkinson. He may have to instruct. For a year. If I were ERAU I wouldn't hire him. He has zero interest in teaching. Just building time and moving on. Building time as a CFI is fine, but you owe it to your students to embrace it and not be discouraged b/c you 'have' to do it.
Poor Mr. Wilkinson. He may have to instruct. For a year. If I were ERAU I wouldn't hire him. He has zero interest in teaching. Just building time and moving on. Building time as a CFI is fine, but you owe it to your students to embrace it and not be discouraged b/c you 'have' to do it.
03-13-2014 | 07:31 PM
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From: Going to hell in a bucket, but enjoying the ride .
In the immortal words of Dr. Evil;
"Boo Frickity Hoo!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woDjWnR9Nns
From the article:
Wilkinson, 21, will leave Embry-Riddle with a bachelor's degree and about 250-300 hours of flying time. He enrolled at the university thinking that would be enough to land him in the co-pilot seat at a regional airline. But when Wilkinson graduates in the spring of 2015, those 300 hours in the air will leave him 700 hours short of an entry-level airline job.
"It was discouraging," Wilkinson tells Fortune. "It will require me to spend more time building up hours as a flight trainer." Wilkinson now plans to apply for a flight instructor position at Embry-Riddle after graduation. Working in that role for a year or so will put him over the 1,000-hour threshold
"Boo Frickity Hoo!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woDjWnR9Nns
From the article:
Wilkinson, 21, will leave Embry-Riddle with a bachelor's degree and about 250-300 hours of flying time. He enrolled at the university thinking that would be enough to land him in the co-pilot seat at a regional airline. But when Wilkinson graduates in the spring of 2015, those 300 hours in the air will leave him 700 hours short of an entry-level airline job.
"It was discouraging," Wilkinson tells Fortune. "It will require me to spend more time building up hours as a flight trainer." Wilkinson now plans to apply for a flight instructor position at Embry-Riddle after graduation. Working in that role for a year or so will put him over the 1,000-hour threshold
Welcome to life buddy.
03-14-2014 | 05:59 AM
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Riddle "in" the news.
Don't know if anyone noticed, but when NBC interviewed Greg Fiefth last night about the Malaysian flight, he was standing in front of a jet with the Embry-Riddle logo on the tail.
03-14-2014 | 06:29 AM
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So...there are still folks going into the airlines. So much for all that "pilot shortage" myth (again)...this kid can't wait to jump into a jet. No doubt there are many others in his generation looking to do the same.
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