Major Airline Hiring 2020
#61
Why would a staple even be considered when a company could simply add rj’s to their certificate and hire accordingly off of the street? It’s already their flying and they would have to own or lease the planes that they were to operate. A staple would involve longevity, pay, and integration issues. Simply hiring people as new hires eliminates all of that. I’d think that airline management would follow the path of less cost and less hassle.
Some people would jump at the chance to fly an RJ with a mainline number. A lot of the mil people might not sign up for that paycut, might just get some other airline job (or non-airline job, for which they are also marketable).
A turnkey arrangement allows rapid integration of planes & crews (FARs allow that without re-training everybody).
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Could they hire enough of the kind of people they want, who are also willing to start on RJ's for low pay and train them fast enough? Maybe.
Some people would jump at the chance to fly an RJ with a mainline number. A lot of the mil people might not sign up for that paycut, might just get some other airline job (or non-airline job, for which they are also marketable).
A turnkey arrangement allows rapid integration of planes & crews (FARs allow that without re-training everybody).
Some people would jump at the chance to fly an RJ with a mainline number. A lot of the mil people might not sign up for that paycut, might just get some other airline job (or non-airline job, for which they are also marketable).
A turnkey arrangement allows rapid integration of planes & crews (FARs allow that without re-training everybody).
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Where are they going to find the 175 sims?
Between SkyWest (owns the majority) Mesa, and Envoy, there might be a clapped out sim in Afghanistan we could utilize. How long will the process of buying sims and hiring instructors take? Probably years, time UAL doesn’t have.
What are the most pilots UA has hired AND TRAINED in a year. Now you have to utilize your already thin resources to hire AND train RJ types. Your answer to this issue seems simple, but it’s not.
I thought Rick had a great idea with the 2000 hours or at least 3 years of probation. Unfortunately problem pilots can get through with 1000-1500 hours of piston only. I’d carry that even if they bought out a regional. Once on property at UA they need to prove themselves for 2,000 hours blocked at UA before being removed off probation (or 3 years, which ever comes first).
Between SkyWest (owns the majority) Mesa, and Envoy, there might be a clapped out sim in Afghanistan we could utilize. How long will the process of buying sims and hiring instructors take? Probably years, time UAL doesn’t have.
What are the most pilots UA has hired AND TRAINED in a year. Now you have to utilize your already thin resources to hire AND train RJ types. Your answer to this issue seems simple, but it’s not.
I thought Rick had a great idea with the 2000 hours or at least 3 years of probation. Unfortunately problem pilots can get through with 1000-1500 hours of piston only. I’d carry that even if they bought out a regional. Once on property at UA they need to prove themselves for 2,000 hours blocked at UA before being removed off probation (or 3 years, which ever comes first).
Things are changing again. Some smaller markets are losing service while others are seeing larger aircraft. One very effective way to deal with a shortage of pilots, is to simply require fewer pilots. Instead of 6 flights on a 175, they get 3 flights on a 737. The shortage of pilots is an industry issue, not something only affecting a specific company. The industry will adapt, and I expect that adaptation to involve fewer flights, serving larger markets on larger aircraft. Another option would be a modern and efficient 50 seat aircraft. Embraer is talking about a turboprop, but what they are talking about wouldn’t fit most scope clauses since it has more than 50 seats. Either way, the clock is ticking, aircraft are aging, scope isn’t changing, and replacements don’t seem to be likely. What ever happens, we’re all just spectators along for the ride.
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This is all purely hypothetical and highly unlikely, but if a company like United were to take back the 175’s that they own, the regionals currently flying those aircraft wouldn’t need to fill those sim slots and they would become available for other companies to lease. SkyWest for example is a company that both operates and leases aircraft. If a legacy were to approach them with an offer to lease aircraft and sims, that could be a better deal than simply losing the revenue when the flying is pulled anyway.
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Those Sim slots would not become available. My reference is this, years ago Mesa was working on a 170-190 cert so they could fly UA 175 birds. SkyWest management bought out every 170-190 sim available. They had Mesa flying to Paris, it won’t be a simple as you say.
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Those Sim slots would not become available. My reference is this, years ago Mesa was working on a 170-190 cert so they could fly UA 175 birds. SkyWest management bought out every 170-190 sim available to make JO’s operation more expensive. They had Mesa flying crews to Paris, it won’t be a simple as you say.
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