JetBlue Shakes Up Pilot Hiring from scratch
#12
Regardless, this is the face of things to come at the legacies as well. I'd give it 5-10 years.
It would be nice not shelling out $100K and then living in poverty as a CFI/RJ driver for 5 years. Very appealing.
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Exactly. No mention of a training contract in the article. I'd be surprised if there wasn't one.
Regardless, this is the face of things to come at the legacies as well. I'd give it 5-10 years.
It would be nice not shelling out $100K and then living in poverty as a CFI/RJ driver for 5 years. Very appealing.
Regardless, this is the face of things to come at the legacies as well. I'd give it 5-10 years.
It would be nice not shelling out $100K and then living in poverty as a CFI/RJ driver for 5 years. Very appealing.
#14
It depends on how much Jetblue wants to invest. The big European carriers have been doing this for decades with exemplary results.
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True but the it's oft-discussed that all low time pilots are magenta-line wannabes who couldn't handle an emergency if they were watching it unfold from the cheap seats. I don't have an opinion either way but the AF accident will be held high by those folks as proof that ab initio is dangerous and never works.
#18
I just dont understand why they are seeking this ab initio type program when there are PLENTY of experienced pilots who would love to work at JB.
I am one of those. 6000 TT, 2000ish PIC turbine...Stuck at a regional, waiting for a call from... anyone really. And then they come our with silly programs like this when there are thousands of pilots who meet their qualifications. I will never quite understand the thought process of airline human resource gurus.
I am one of those. 6000 TT, 2000ish PIC turbine...Stuck at a regional, waiting for a call from... anyone really. And then they come our with silly programs like this when there are thousands of pilots who meet their qualifications. I will never quite understand the thought process of airline human resource gurus.
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