Silver Airways
02-06-2014, 12:08 PM
#5301
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
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[QUOTE=tom11011;1575719]Here is the problem.
I don't know what this LOA says, but it would seem it can only be designed to poach pilots from other airlines. Maybe or maybe not it is a good enough deal to accomplish that goal.
But it doesn't solve the problem of the lack of talent in the pipeline. There is nobody in the pipeline. The best deal in the world doesn't solve the pipeline problem. In order to solve the pipeline problem, starting salaries need to be about $50,000/yr across all regional airlines. That will get pilots into the pipeline, but even then, you are 3 years out from seeing the benefits.
I'm afraid all that can really happen to solve the immediate problem is this. Small carriers like Silver and GLA must go out of business, the pilots get absorbed into larger players, and the aircraft currently being flown by said carriers get parked in the desert.
There is no immediate solution, I can't see this unfolding any other way. I can't see how airline management or the industry as a whole doesn't see this, if they don't, its incompetence. You can't wish something into existence.
This is the 'leading edge' of the issue, its just getting started.[/B]
I think management is smart enough to see the issue unfolding, yet isn't doing what we expected to solve it. That's what worries me. I think they're counting on regulation changes again to solve their staffing issues. 1500 hr requirement goes away and you have a much larger pool of pilots over night. Management has money, and that's the only thing that counts in Washington.
I don't know what this LOA says, but it would seem it can only be designed to poach pilots from other airlines. Maybe or maybe not it is a good enough deal to accomplish that goal.
But it doesn't solve the problem of the lack of talent in the pipeline. There is nobody in the pipeline. The best deal in the world doesn't solve the pipeline problem. In order to solve the pipeline problem, starting salaries need to be about $50,000/yr across all regional airlines. That will get pilots into the pipeline, but even then, you are 3 years out from seeing the benefits.
I'm afraid all that can really happen to solve the immediate problem is this. Small carriers like Silver and GLA must go out of business, the pilots get absorbed into larger players, and the aircraft currently being flown by said carriers get parked in the desert.
There is no immediate solution, I can't see this unfolding any other way. I can't see how airline management or the industry as a whole doesn't see this, if they don't, its incompetence. You can't wish something into existence.
This is the 'leading edge' of the issue, its just getting started.[/B]
I think management is smart enough to see the issue unfolding, yet isn't doing what we expected to solve it. That's what worries me. I think they're counting on regulation changes again to solve their staffing issues. 1500 hr requirement goes away and you have a much larger pool of pilots over night. Management has money, and that's the only thing that counts in Washington.
02-06-2014, 12:18 PM
#5302
ILL BEE DAT
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: Rollin' Down tha 405
Posts: 2,550
To be honest, this is something I've been waiting to see for MONTHS. I had all but given up on management here but this is at least SOMETHING positive (with regards to new pilot recruitment).
02-06-2014, 12:32 PM
#5304
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Joined APC: Feb 2013
Posts: 2,940
[QUOTE=fullflank;1575761]
In this particular case, the change were the result of congress, not the FAA. We all know how easily congress agrees to things.
Originally Posted by tom11011
Here is the problem.
I don't know what this LOA says, but it would seem it can only be designed to poach pilots from other airlines. Maybe or maybe not it is a good enough deal to accomplish that goal.
But it doesn't solve the problem of the lack of talent in the pipeline. There is nobody in the pipeline. The best deal in the world doesn't solve the pipeline problem. In order to solve the pipeline problem, starting salaries need to be about $50,000/yr across all regional airlines. That will get pilots into the pipeline, but even then, you are 3 years out from seeing the benefits.
I'm afraid all that can really happen to solve the immediate problem is this. Small carriers like Silver and GLA must go out of business, the pilots get absorbed into larger players, and the aircraft currently being flown by said carriers get parked in the desert.
There is no immediate solution, I can't see this unfolding any other way. I can't see how airline management or the industry as a whole doesn't see this, if they don't, its incompetence. You can't wish something into existence.
This is the 'leading edge' of the issue, its just getting started.[/B]
I think management is smart enough to see the issue unfolding, yet isn't doing what we expected to solve it. That's what worries me. I think they're counting on regulation changes again to solve their staffing issues. 1500 hr requirement goes away and you have a much larger pool of pilots over night. Management has money, and that's the only thing that counts in Washington.
I don't know what this LOA says, but it would seem it can only be designed to poach pilots from other airlines. Maybe or maybe not it is a good enough deal to accomplish that goal.
But it doesn't solve the problem of the lack of talent in the pipeline. There is nobody in the pipeline. The best deal in the world doesn't solve the pipeline problem. In order to solve the pipeline problem, starting salaries need to be about $50,000/yr across all regional airlines. That will get pilots into the pipeline, but even then, you are 3 years out from seeing the benefits.
I'm afraid all that can really happen to solve the immediate problem is this. Small carriers like Silver and GLA must go out of business, the pilots get absorbed into larger players, and the aircraft currently being flown by said carriers get parked in the desert.
There is no immediate solution, I can't see this unfolding any other way. I can't see how airline management or the industry as a whole doesn't see this, if they don't, its incompetence. You can't wish something into existence.
This is the 'leading edge' of the issue, its just getting started.[/B]
I think management is smart enough to see the issue unfolding, yet isn't doing what we expected to solve it. That's what worries me. I think they're counting on regulation changes again to solve their staffing issues. 1500 hr requirement goes away and you have a much larger pool of pilots over night. Management has money, and that's the only thing that counts in Washington.
02-06-2014, 01:55 PM
#5310
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Joined APC: Apr 2012
Position: E-175 CA
Posts: 339
Reserve looks like you're gonna be Andy Dufresne at Shawshank fighting off The Sisters. Everything else, pretty good overall.
Seriously, 18 consecutive days on reserve every month? Commuting in the early days of your time here looks damn near impossible with that schedule. Upgrading is gonna be a real ***** when you have to go from lineholding to that.
In other news, looks like mgmt. has found another investor ready to throw money down this rathole. Maybe they are serious about expanding to IAH.
Seriously, 18 consecutive days on reserve every month? Commuting in the early days of your time here looks damn near impossible with that schedule. Upgrading is gonna be a real ***** when you have to go from lineholding to that.
In other news, looks like mgmt. has found another investor ready to throw money down this rathole. Maybe they are serious about expanding to IAH.
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