Airline applying for1500 hour FAA exemption
11-25-2015, 09:20 AM
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Airline applying for1500 hour FAA exemption
I know this thread really belongs on the commuter board, but it is important to all of us. If the pay increases at commuter airlines there will not be a problem. Please comment ASAP. I did.
Great Lakes Airlines would like people to comment on their proposal to exempt them from pilot experience requirements.
Regulations.gov
Or go to regulations.gov and search for docket FAA-2015-4903-0001
Great Lakes Airlines would like people to comment on their proposal to exempt them from pilot experience requirements.
Regulations.gov
Or go to regulations.gov and search for docket FAA-2015-4903-0001
11-25-2015, 02:00 PM
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GLA just needs to suck it up and pay their pilots more. They deserve to fail if you ask me. Look at Boutique: they pay their captains $62.50/hr with a guarantee of 80 hrs per month, and their captain minimums are simply the part 135 PIC minimums, just like Air Choice One or GLA. Wouldn't you know it, they're not having staffing issues like ACO or GLA.
11-25-2015, 03:21 PM
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The BAR exam is never, never made easier for new lawyers. Medical boards are never, never made any easier for doctors no matter how desperate we are for doctors in many parts of the world.
This is no different. If you cannot attract quality applicants you need to compensate more!
I have a friend whose wife is a endocrinologist. Guess what? In Nashville they had a huge need and she was offered substantially more than she could have gotten in a bigger city(NYC, LA, Chi).
This is no different. If you cannot attract quality applicants you need to compensate more!
I have a friend whose wife is a endocrinologist. Guess what? In Nashville they had a huge need and she was offered substantially more than she could have gotten in a bigger city(NYC, LA, Chi).
11-25-2015, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by B727CARIB
Great Lakes Airlines would like people to comment on their proposal to exempt them from pilot experience requirements.
Regulations.gov
Or go to regulations.gov and search for docket FAA-2015-4903-0001
Regulations.gov
Or go to regulations.gov and search for docket FAA-2015-4903-0001
11-25-2015, 09:01 PM
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The FAA doesn't have the power to arbitrarily go against congress just because an airline finds the real world "too hard" and can't offer flights AND pay the pilots a living wage at the same time.
Comments against this "exemption request" need to be centered on safety and the expectation of the flying public, not on pay. The FAA isn't going to get involved in how much or little a pilot gets paid, but they will be paying attention to comments surrounding safety. Plenty of 135 operators in the US and especially here in Alaska and they aren't asking for all sorts of exemptions, some of them flying 9 seat 1900s. In fact, 14 CFR 135 requires 1200hrs to act as PIC for IFR, so to think that 1500hrs is breaking the bank is ridiculous.
Methinks GL is just trying to push the envelope and see what they can get away with. They will probably run into a rigid wall, because this was mandated by congress, but it's the old "it never hurts to ask" from their perspective most likely.
And 95% of these communities in the lower 48 shouldn't have EAS contracts in the first place. Not when you can freaking drive to the larger airport (unlike in AK). I can understand some sort of subsidized EMERGENCY HEMS service for isolated communities and regions, which would actually fit the definition of "essential", but not flights to places served by serviceable roads.
Comments against this "exemption request" need to be centered on safety and the expectation of the flying public, not on pay. The FAA isn't going to get involved in how much or little a pilot gets paid, but they will be paying attention to comments surrounding safety. Plenty of 135 operators in the US and especially here in Alaska and they aren't asking for all sorts of exemptions, some of them flying 9 seat 1900s. In fact, 14 CFR 135 requires 1200hrs to act as PIC for IFR, so to think that 1500hrs is breaking the bank is ridiculous.
Methinks GL is just trying to push the envelope and see what they can get away with. They will probably run into a rigid wall, because this was mandated by congress, but it's the old "it never hurts to ask" from their perspective most likely.
And 95% of these communities in the lower 48 shouldn't have EAS contracts in the first place. Not when you can freaking drive to the larger airport (unlike in AK). I can understand some sort of subsidized EMERGENCY HEMS service for isolated communities and regions, which would actually fit the definition of "essential", but not flights to places served by serviceable roads.
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