Is the pilot shortage over?
09-13-2019 | 10:40 AM
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There are.
But most of them resemble that ^^^
But most of them resemble that ^^^
09-13-2019 | 02:38 PM
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09-13-2019 | 02:48 PM
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09-13-2019 | 03:34 PM
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^^THIS^^
A heaping bowl of awesomeness!!!
Thanks for sharing.
I was in flight training when the towers got hit and took a break during the lost decade until 2018 at 45 years old. Wrapped up my I, C, CFI this past year and have been instructing ever since- closing in on 1K hrs (I'm the newbie).
Instructors (good instructors!) are an extremely valuable commodity for the foreseeable future- anyone thinking of getting into this industry now, do it now.
There has never been a better time. There will never be a better time, or another time, after this one- technology will be a heavy bearish force impacting any potential future hiring wave that might have existed in the future.
Do it now.
A heaping bowl of awesomeness!!!
Thanks for sharing.
I was in flight training when the towers got hit and took a break during the lost decade until 2018 at 45 years old. Wrapped up my I, C, CFI this past year and have been instructing ever since- closing in on 1K hrs (I'm the newbie).
Instructors (good instructors!) are an extremely valuable commodity for the foreseeable future- anyone thinking of getting into this industry now, do it now.
There has never been a better time. There will never be a better time, or another time, after this one- technology will be a heavy bearish force impacting any potential future hiring wave that might have existed in the future.
Do it now.
09-15-2019 | 03:42 AM
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does look like they are interviewing just about everyone but giving a few thanks but no to some.
there are probably 1.5-2 applications for every class slot out there (depending on regional)
some (republic) seem to have many more qualified candidates than they need.
09-15-2019 | 08:14 AM
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A friend of mine believes the regionals will soon run out of career changers. These people got their pilot certificates 10+ years ago but left the industry. They have been flooding back to aviation due to big sign on paychecks and a much improved hourly rate.
Once this dries up he believes that regionals will go back to having only 3 or 4 people in a new hire class. For the non WO owned anyway.
Once this dries up he believes that regionals will go back to having only 3 or 4 people in a new hire class. For the non WO owned anyway.
09-15-2019 | 08:37 AM
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A friend of mine believes the regionals will soon run out of career changers. These people got their pilot certificates 10+ years ago but left the industry. They have been flooding back to aviation due to big sign on paychecks and a much improved hourly rate.
Once this dries up he believes that regionals will go back to having only 3 or 4 people in a new hire class. For the non WO owned anyway.
Once this dries up he believes that regionals will go back to having only 3 or 4 people in a new hire class. For the non WO owned anyway.
09-15-2019 | 05:10 PM
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Depends on your definition of QOL. Being someone’s whipping boy was not for me. If my airline wants me to come in on my day off I have 0 fear about saying no. If I don’t believe it’s safe to go, I have 0 fear about saying no.
I don’t have to go to six liquor stores to find diet cherry vanilla caffeine free Mexican Coke Zero for my super special client after flying a six leg day. I don’t have to wash out a plastic bucket with a hose in the woods after Sir Reginald’s caviar doesn’t agree with him.
I bid my schedule (which had given me Christmas and thanksgiving off the past two years!), fly the plane, help passengers when I can (of my own free will!) and go home. I can live wherever I want, and if I can’t make it to work due to issues outside my control I don’t get punished for it. I have an active safety program and can ASAP events without fear of reprisal. And I hit six figures.
I don’t have to go to six liquor stores to find diet cherry vanilla caffeine free Mexican Coke Zero for my super special client after flying a six leg day. I don’t have to wash out a plastic bucket with a hose in the woods after Sir Reginald’s caviar doesn’t agree with him.
I bid my schedule (which had given me Christmas and thanksgiving off the past two years!), fly the plane, help passengers when I can (of my own free will!) and go home. I can live wherever I want, and if I can’t make it to work due to issues outside my control I don’t get punished for it. I have an active safety program and can ASAP events without fear of reprisal. And I hit six figures.
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