Lost decade 2.0?
08-26-2020 | 07:51 PM
#231
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08-27-2020 | 02:26 AM
#232
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08-27-2020 | 10:50 AM
#233
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
08-28-2020 | 07:37 AM
#236
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Probably not particularly easy, off the street hires always had to be pretty competitive just because they don't hire that many.
With the economy going and airlines hiring it was somewhat easy to get a gig if you had ten years AD experience in the same airframe. But even that is probably going to get tight if it hasn't already... usually when the economy tanks there has a been a war to drive demand for guard/reserve capacity, but that's not the case with covid (not yet anyway).
But apply if you're interested, only way to find out where you stand. You'll need to be pretty pro-active (they call it "rushing" for a reason), plenty of info on baseops.net
With the economy going and airlines hiring it was somewhat easy to get a gig if you had ten years AD experience in the same airframe. But even that is probably going to get tight if it hasn't already... usually when the economy tanks there has a been a war to drive demand for guard/reserve capacity, but that's not the case with covid (not yet anyway).
But apply if you're interested, only way to find out where you stand. You'll need to be pretty pro-active (they call it "rushing" for a reason), plenty of info on baseops.net
09-07-2020 | 08:11 AM
#237
On Reserve
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From: A320, Sunny side
You're pretty far off the mark...
1) It hasn't been 100 years.
2) The "Flu Vaccine" is actually a cocktail of 3-4 different vaccines targeted at what they think will be the dominant strains each season. It changes twice each year.
1) It wasn't "botched together". Multiple vaccines (about 200) are in development using all of the different established and cutting-edge technologies. There should be multiple effective options to chose from, and some may be more suitable for some people than others. All normal pharma certification procedures are being followed so far.
2) Most of the people who don't get the flu shot aren't scared of it, they just didn't get around to it. Given the scare factor of covid, I would expect most folks will make the time. It will go to health care workers first (mandatory), then critical infrastructure folks like us (also mandatory), so by the time it even becomes available to the general public there will be some history.
No it's not at all like the flu in that regard... the flu exists in a perpetual mutation loop between pigs, domestic birds, and peasants in asia. That loop serves are a rapid incubator for new mutations, which them get on planes and spread across the globe.
Covid has not exhibited that behavior, nor is it likely to. Once vaccination is established, covid cases will fade to isolated pockets... likely too few cases to provide good opportunity for continuous mutations. Besides there will be multiple vaccines, mutating around one will not necessarily render others ineffective.
Zoom is not what you think it is. I did sales and management in corporate America... most business travel cannot be replaced by zoom. Some, yes but that was already happening before covid.
1) It hasn't been 100 years.
2) The "Flu Vaccine" is actually a cocktail of 3-4 different vaccines targeted at what they think will be the dominant strains each season. It changes twice each year.
1) It wasn't "botched together". Multiple vaccines (about 200) are in development using all of the different established and cutting-edge technologies. There should be multiple effective options to chose from, and some may be more suitable for some people than others. All normal pharma certification procedures are being followed so far.
2) Most of the people who don't get the flu shot aren't scared of it, they just didn't get around to it. Given the scare factor of covid, I would expect most folks will make the time. It will go to health care workers first (mandatory), then critical infrastructure folks like us (also mandatory), so by the time it even becomes available to the general public there will be some history.
No it's not at all like the flu in that regard... the flu exists in a perpetual mutation loop between pigs, domestic birds, and peasants in asia. That loop serves are a rapid incubator for new mutations, which them get on planes and spread across the globe.
Covid has not exhibited that behavior, nor is it likely to. Once vaccination is established, covid cases will fade to isolated pockets... likely too few cases to provide good opportunity for continuous mutations. Besides there will be multiple vaccines, mutating around one will not necessarily render others ineffective.
Zoom is not what you think it is. I did sales and management in corporate America... most business travel cannot be replaced by zoom. Some, yes but that was already happening before covid.
09-07-2020 | 11:28 AM
#238
Gets Everyday Off
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From: Fully Retired
I also had a lengthy and successful (9/11 downturn induced) sales career as an intermission during my aviation "career." Zoom sucks. It's a bandage, not a replacement. Looking a client in the eye and getting a signature on a contract is not replaced with a web chat. Business travelers will be back, in only slightly reduced numbers. When? Dunno.
Even with email and Zoom, cementing a deal and building a solid relationship can only be done looking them in the eye, right across the table, over dinner, and out on the golf course.
09-07-2020 | 11:37 AM
#239
Gets Everyday Off
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From: Fully Retired
Looked it up. 31 years old. Still as true today as it was then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tMbDnBN8M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tMbDnBN8M
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