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JoeyMeatballs 05-31-2009 04:23 PM

Don't wait on aviation, go do something else then re-visit aviation when the hiring starts up again

ToiletDuck 05-31-2009 04:35 PM


Originally Posted by The Juice (Post 620130)
Nobody knows how long till the industry gets back on its feet. I would however not take career planning advice based on what people on this forum think, a lot of negative people are on here.

Bingo. Do what you want.

benairguitar23 05-31-2009 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by xtreme (Post 620131)
I'll just touch on this, i'm sure other people have more to chime in on in terms of where the industry is going, but i'll leave that up to them... It depends where you want to go. Gojets is hiring right now but you wouldn't want to go there. I'm sure with Republic getting more 190's, it won't be long before they start hiring. Again, that's a road you don't want to go down. As well as Mesa but I think they are just barely getting by now. As far as other regionals...I don't know what alot of them got coming up. I have heard that Air wisconsin, which is burning through furloughs at a pretty quick rate might be hiring sometime next spring.

Actually Republic is planning on furloughing 150-400 more pilots by fall. I have 4 friends that fly for them (2 still flying and 2 furloughed) and this is what is being talked about right now with management. However I wouldn't put Republic in the GoJets category yet because if the pilots are able to negotiate a minimum of JetBlue payrates for the 190, then the other payrates will have to increase as well making everything all better once again. As a furloughed pilot I too am hoping that things pick up within a year or maybe less but I'm not holding my breath. Good luck Whacker77 in what you decide to do as well as to everyone else who is struggling!

JoeyMeatballs 05-31-2009 05:42 PM

I think RAH pilots have been getting a lot of flack recently, I agree its disgraceful they are flying those planes for that pay, but MANAGEMENT of RAH & Midwest are to blame, it will be interesting to see what RAH pilots do. If they sit there idle and fly that plane at the current pay scales, that will be disappointing, but I wouldn't write em off just yet, give it some time lets see if they negotiate proper pay rates.

anyway no point in trying to guess where the industry is going, if you have a "non-aviation" opportunity go for it and re-visit aviation when that opportunity presents itself, may be quite a while

RAHPilot5 05-31-2009 06:02 PM

Had to make another scrrename Joey cause you were banned huh?:D

ExperimentalAB 05-31-2009 06:07 PM

Seriously how could they ban the SAAB?! Welcome back LoL

wmuflyboy 05-31-2009 06:11 PM

i disagree with going to find something else and coming back to aviation when it presents itself.

do what you love to do. if you have the passion to fly airplanes like everyone else on this forum then stick with it go for it.

my father always said to never chase a job based on the economy, it never ever works out and/or you will never be happy....

Boomer 05-31-2009 07:21 PM


Originally Posted by benairguitar23 (Post 620244)
...if the pilots are able to negotiate a minimum of JetBlue payrates for the 190, then the other payrates will have to increase as well making everything all better once again.

I would like to see this happen.

But before this can come to pass, whipsawing would need to end.

Or at least modified to mean the whipsaw only cuts the shortest blades of grass...

Rabid Seagull 05-31-2009 07:49 PM


Originally Posted by benairguitar23 (Post 620244)
Actually Republic is planning on furloughing 150-400 more pilots by fall. I have 4 friends that fly for them (2 still flying and 2 furloughed) and this is what is being talked about right now with management. However I wouldn't put Republic in the GoJets category yet because if the pilots are able to negotiate a minimum of JetBlue payrates for the 190, then the other payrates will have to increase as well making everything all better once again. As a furloughed pilot I too am hoping that things pick up within a year or maybe less but I'm not holding my breath. Good luck Whacker77 in what you decide to do as well as to everyone else who is struggling!

Hold the phone and wait to negotiate, JetBlue is changing their rates this week. Maybe they can hold off and get more?????

Surprise 05-31-2009 07:56 PM


Originally Posted by RAHPilot5 (Post 620265)
Had to make another scrrename Joey cause you were banned huh?:D

Hey, it's nothing I've never done.


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