Classes: Hard to fill?
02-21-2011 | 08:07 PM
#51
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Not much has changed, or will change. There will be a turnover of pilots, as many in the world retire. And there will be plenty of eager beavers lined up to work for next to nothing, and schools pumping them with wonderful thoughts of traveling the world as a high paid A380 captain.
Same old, same old.
02-21-2011 | 08:16 PM
#53
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Note that I said "will be eager beavers lined up".
Today, foreigners in training. Sure. Very few people who can actually research the career would choose to pump a lot of time or money in it now.
But, in a few years, should there even be a REAL hint of a shortage of people who won't work for $18,000/yr, they'll line up... to work for $18k.
Heck, we'll have Indians, Chinese, and Russian pilots here.
02-21-2011 | 09:38 PM
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02-22-2011 | 06:33 AM
#56
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Mins are on their way down...but who dare be the one to go back to 250 wet?
Itll happen so to grandfather enough newbies in before 1500 is in place. Otherwise they will have to be some serious reform to reel in those higher flight time pilots to right seat regional life.
Itll happen so to grandfather enough newbies in before 1500 is in place. Otherwise they will have to be some serious reform to reel in those higher flight time pilots to right seat regional life.
02-22-2011 | 06:52 AM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
02-22-2011 | 06:53 AM
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From: A-320 FO
Well, well, well...
Here I am perusing the Airline Pilot Central Forum after being out of the industry for 10 years. All of a sudden there's talk of a shortage of professional airline pilots. How exciting!!
Hmmm...Maybe I should leave my steady job with great pay, benefits and a fabulous retirement to return to the skies as a professional airline pilot. I have the ATP, type rating and a couple thousand hours of 121 flight time. I'd have a good shot!!
Let's see... $18,000/year (maybe), used and abused on Ready Reserve, Commute on my days off, fax a document to crew scheduling proving that my father-in-law died, pray daily not to hear the "F" word (furlough)...
Nevermind!
Here I am perusing the Airline Pilot Central Forum after being out of the industry for 10 years. All of a sudden there's talk of a shortage of professional airline pilots. How exciting!!
Hmmm...Maybe I should leave my steady job with great pay, benefits and a fabulous retirement to return to the skies as a professional airline pilot. I have the ATP, type rating and a couple thousand hours of 121 flight time. I'd have a good shot!!
Let's see... $18,000/year (maybe), used and abused on Ready Reserve, Commute on my days off, fax a document to crew scheduling proving that my father-in-law died, pray daily not to hear the "F" word (furlough)...
Nevermind!
02-22-2011 | 06:54 AM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
I'm not an expert on anything, but wouldn't the ever increasing price of oil along with the fiscal problems of the states have at least some negative impact on demand for air travel in the not-too-distant future? It just seems that high energy prices and sluggish, at best, economic conditions don't seem to be going away any time soon.
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