Worsening Pilot Shortage
06-15-2014, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by soon2bfo
This is true, but if we allow foreign operators to originate and terminate flights within the US using their pilots we will eventually be cut out of the job market. Foreign airlines can hire people from zero time and be operational in 300 or so hours, and this is the problem with allowing cabotage. Their candidates are younger, smarter, and work harder than Americans do because they are hungrier. In the USA we think we are a big deal, and historically we have been because we have been so rich for so long, but that is changing quickly. It will take years but we can never allow cabotage to be a reality.
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06-16-2014, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom
SFO seawall, meet Asiana.
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06-16-2014, 09:39 AM
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06-16-2014, 10:53 AM
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Great Lakes Airlines is taking the drastic step of converting its 19-seat Beech 1900s into nine-seaters, enabling them to fly with a single pilot as a Part 135 carrier and thus cutting its pilot requirement in half.
Actually...having just read that article...it's clearly another endorsement by Bedford and the RAA. It's full of non facts and or course steers very wide around the actual reason the regionals can't attract pilots.
There are plenty of qualified pilots out there... The RAA's problem is they don't want the qualified ones, they want the unqualified ones.
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06-16-2014, 04:17 PM
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I love how the CEOs used to say pay was a function of supply and demand. They could pay nothing because there were too many qualified applicants.
Now they can't staff and "boo hoo, we need relief". They created this monster. Now they can deal with it.
Now they can't staff and "boo hoo, we need relief". They created this monster. Now they can deal with it.
Last edited by profit; 06-16-2014 at 04:58 PM. Reason: profane
06-16-2014, 06:06 PM
#148
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Originally Posted by soon2bfo
This is true, but if we allow foreign operators to originate and terminate flights within the US using their pilots we will eventually be cut out of the job market. Foreign airlines can hire people from zero time and be operational in 300 or so hours, and this is the problem with allowing cabotage. Their candidates are younger, smarter, and work harder than Americans do because they are hungrier. In the USA we think we are a big deal, and historically we have been because we have been so rich for so long, but that is changing quickly. It will take years but we can never allow cabotage to be a reality.
Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom
SFO seawall, meet Asiana.
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You don't have to worry about foreigners coming here to take the jobs done regional pilots in the US.
The US regional pilots are the worst paid as compared to pilots anywhere on this planet....
06-16-2014, 06:31 PM
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Pilot Shortage, defined
The real definition of pilot shortage:
When an airline consistently underpays or otherwise "shorts" its pilot group.
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When an airline consistently underpays or otherwise "shorts" its pilot group.
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06-16-2014, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pilotpete711
The real definition of pilot shortage:
When an airline consistently underpays or otherwise "shorts" its pilot group.
Get the sticker from FlyStickers!
When an airline consistently underpays or otherwise "shorts" its pilot group.
Get the sticker from FlyStickers!
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