Pilot Shortage And The Legacy Feed
05-10-2015 | 10:34 AM
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There is also some sort of scheme where working as a CFI is included in the education visa. About 1/4 of CFI's at the school I went to were on this visa, and they held stage check instructor positions as well. I assume they were just staying as long as they could to get the green card. After 9/11, they all left.
05-10-2015 | 11:45 AM
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Dumb article. Legacy airlines will always always always have first pick of applicants over any and all LCC's in almost every case. Including applicants at the LCC's themselves. And transferring capacity to mainline only results in a few super small markets closing. Markets in which LCC's don't serve anyway. Legacy airlines could shut down any LCC they wanted to just with targeted hiring if necessary. Advantage: legacy airlines. Big time.
05-10-2015 | 11:53 AM
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Eldee5's comment about H1-Bs has me wondering. What are US pilots doing to get enough flight hours for an ATP?
I had thought that jobs such as CFI were how most US pilots were building their time. I find it shocking that flight schools are getting H1-Bs due to a 'shortage' of US citizen CFIs.
I had thought that jobs such as CFI were how most US pilots were building their time. I find it shocking that flight schools are getting H1-Bs due to a 'shortage' of US citizen CFIs.
05-10-2015 | 11:58 AM
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Dumb article. Legacy airlines will always always always have first pick of applicants over any and all LCC's in almost every case. Including applicants at the LCC's themselves. And transferring capacity to mainline only results in a few super small markets closing. Markets in which LCC's don't serve anyway. Legacy airlines could shut down any LCC they wanted to just with targeted hiring if necessary. Advantage: legacy airlines. Big time.
05-10-2015 | 12:05 PM
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Here is an idea....park the RJs and buy some used mainline jets
From United's first Qtr Earnings report:
*Complete the removal of more than 130 50-seat aircraft from its schedule by the end of 2015. UAL will remove additional 50-seat aircraft in 2016 and beyond as aircraft come off lease.
*Acquire additional used narrowbody aircraft. The company is in final negotiations regarding the lease of 10 to 20 used narrowbody aircraft for delivery over the next few years. In addition, the company plans to continue to seek other opportunities to acquire used aircraft to meet its needs as market conditions allow.
From United's first Qtr Earnings report:
*Complete the removal of more than 130 50-seat aircraft from its schedule by the end of 2015. UAL will remove additional 50-seat aircraft in 2016 and beyond as aircraft come off lease.
*Acquire additional used narrowbody aircraft. The company is in final negotiations regarding the lease of 10 to 20 used narrowbody aircraft for delivery over the next few years. In addition, the company plans to continue to seek other opportunities to acquire used aircraft to meet its needs as market conditions allow.
05-10-2015 | 12:10 PM
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Look at the tech industry. There is no lack of United States citizens in electrical engineering and software, but a crisis is manufactured so that companies can hire young, desperate worker bees via the H-1B visa program and avoid those pesky 30 year old + citizens with their "rights" and expectations of humane treatment.
05-10-2015 | 12:18 PM
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Step 1: CFI
Step 2: part 135 cargo flying single pilot all-Wx OR remain a CFI, get CFII, and then MEI
Step 3: Regional airline OR part 135 in crewed, typed turbine aircraft
Step 4: Major/Legacy carrier
Glad you liked it. I'll keep posting more as I come across them. Just for you.
05-10-2015 | 12:21 PM
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And a certain political party's #1 demo, too, for the reasons outlined and which also absolutely DESTROYS the popular rhetoric one hears from that same party's baggage handlers.
05-10-2015 | 12:51 PM
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You really need to get the cfi in order to make it to 135 mins. Seems backasswards to have the blind leading the blind but it seems that's how this game is played ...
05-10-2015 | 01:01 PM
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It is about much more than supply and demand. H-1B visa holders are an HR department's dream employee. Desperate, completely dependent on the employer's good graces and with no options.
Look at the tech industry. There is no lack of United States citizens in electrical engineering and software, but a crisis is manufactured so that companies can hire young, desperate worker bees via the H-1B visa program and avoid those pesky 30 year old + citizens with their "rights" and expectations of humane treatment.
Look at the tech industry. There is no lack of United States citizens in electrical engineering and software, but a crisis is manufactured so that companies can hire young, desperate worker bees via the H-1B visa program and avoid those pesky 30 year old + citizens with their "rights" and expectations of humane treatment.
As for the comments that ERAU has a bunch of CFI H1-Bs working for them for peanuts, the data indicates otherwise.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Jobs & Salary for Foreign Workers | myvisajobs.com
H1B Visa: Search Employer, Job Title, Work City, Work State, Status and Case Number | MyVisaJobs.com
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