Pilot Shortage
03-26-2019 | 03:14 PM
#131
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The pilots that care about the PAX in the back are better for the brand. Remember - and this might shock some - the product airlines sell is not safe travel from point A to point B. It’s tickets. If they could sell them without airplanes they would. Flight crews are partially marketing tools.
There is no correlation between volunteer work and being a good pilot, I'm sorry.
03-26-2019 | 07:26 PM
#132
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I hate this "requirement" or question from recruiters. I'm a damn pilot, not a social worker or politician. Their only concern should be if you're a safe, competent pilot and a likeable person that others would enjoy working with.
How about this answer to the recruiter. "I have 11 days off a month at home. I take care of my family and my home in those precious few days. I don't have the damn time to be Mother Teresa, okay."
How about this answer to the recruiter. "I have 11 days off a month at home. I take care of my family and my home in those precious few days. I don't have the damn time to be Mother Teresa, okay."
The fact that the employer asks makes it important to you.
If what the employer asks for isn't important to you, then you're probably the wrong person for the job.
03-27-2019 | 04:25 AM
#134
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The system is gearing up to start cranking out pilots. Used 172 prices are soaring as flight schools snap up everything available. I suspect the pilot shortage window is going to be a lot smaller than most hope.
03-27-2019 | 06:06 AM
#135
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That's right, the propaganda machine is running again and dumb kids are signing up for 120k training programs. Old ratty 172s and Cherokee 140s are fetching over 40k. New schools are paying the help over 50k for what has historically been a minimum wage job. You want a sure thing, start a scumbag flight school!
03-27-2019 | 06:43 AM
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Speaking of volunteer work, how do you document all of this volunteer work that you do?
03-27-2019 | 08:18 AM
#137
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There’s no requirement to document. Just don’t lie and be able to talk about it if asked. I do have a letter documenting 1500 hours of volunteer time I did restoring aircraft at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, but that’s more the exception than the rule.
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03-27-2019 | 08:37 AM
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There’s no requirement to document. Just don’t lie and be able to talk about it if asked. I do have a letter documenting 1500 hours of volunteer time I did restoring aircraft at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, but that’s more the exception than the rule.
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03-27-2019 | 09:22 AM
#139
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I generally don't cite it at all.
Every application has a place for it. This does not mean that you need to fill that blank, not are you obligated to fill every blank.
I also don't cite all my work experience. I cite what's relevant for that employer and provide whatever information they require. Beyond that, I don't volunteer information that's not requested, and I don't feel obligated to check every box. I am prepared to answer whatever's asked.
03-27-2019 | 10:04 AM
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I certainly don't know that.
The same way anything else is documented. Cite it by assignment and dates, same as any job.
I generally don't cite it at all.
Every application has a place for it. This does not mean that you need to fill that blank, not are you obligated to fill every blank.
I also don't cite all my work experience. I cite what's relevant for that employer and provide whatever information they require. Beyond that, I don't volunteer information that's not requested, and I don't feel obligated to check every box. I am prepared to answer whatever's asked.
The same way anything else is documented. Cite it by assignment and dates, same as any job.
I generally don't cite it at all.
Every application has a place for it. This does not mean that you need to fill that blank, not are you obligated to fill every blank.
I also don't cite all my work experience. I cite what's relevant for that employer and provide whatever information they require. Beyond that, I don't volunteer information that's not requested, and I don't feel obligated to check every box. I am prepared to answer whatever's asked.
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