You've never been in charge of, or sat as part of, a hiring board or some type of selection board have you? No one said that it guaranteed a job, but it is foolish to not realize the mandated requirements or incentives.

USMCFLYR

 

I did 15 years of corporate /135 work. IF you find a great company, I don't think there's anything better. That means more pilots than planes (24/7/365 problem), the right size plane (G-IV, V's, Falcon 900's, etc. - you usually go overseas a lot and are gone for longer periods of time), a good Owner, a good Aviation Manager and Chief Pilot.

The only problem with corporate is if it's a company or individual that falls on hard times financially (or dies), the planes are the first things to go.

Some of the biggest and most stable companies have closed their flight departments overnight.

The best gig I heard of was a guaranteed job for life by a single Owner and a $5 MM life insurance policy on the Owner naming the pilot as the benefactor. Single pilot King Air 200, living in Idaho and making six figures.

I'd walk out on 20+ years of seniority at any airline for that kind of job.

 

Haha, whatever you say...

What color is the sky in your world?

 

7 out of 10 pilots at Comair have greater than 12 years longevity. Very few of them planned on Comair as a career destination.

 

I cannot believe this: you and I actually agree on something!

 

Do those rose-colored glasses come in bi-focal also? In your world, do the unicorns win horse races too?

 

You would be surprised to learn that there are probably only two or three things that we do not agree on

USMCFLYR

 

The percentages of blacks and other minorities among U.S. pilots are so low it's hard to find meaningful statistics. A 1997 National Academies report, "Taking Flight: Education and Training for Aviation Careers" found 92 percent of U.S. airline pilots in 1990 were white men, compared with 43 percent in the civilian labor force. Less than 2 percent were black and less than 3 percent hispanic.

At first I wasn't gonna post anything in response to the aforementioned post. Then, I thought...information is the key. Just like USMCFLYR said...mandates! Is it fair or is there a level playing field out there? I dunno; but I think the numbers speak for themselves.


atp

 

1990 was a lifetime ago. More has changed in this country in that time, then of any other in our history. That "study" might as well have been conducted in 1890.

 

If it had been conducted in 1890, it would have been quite prescient, HMP. There are many reasons for low numbers of Black, Hispanic and women in professional aviation, discrimination is probably down around number 8 or 9 as a reason. Lack of role models, education, desire to undertake the difficult training, lack of transferability of skills learned, tough stand on criminal/drug records, a feeling of being an "outsider", acting "white male" are just some of the reasons. The US Military is probably the most colorblind large organization in America, the rates of minorities and women are nearly identical as in civil aviation. The Army has a higher rate than the USAF.

GF