Worsening Pilot Shortage
02-24-2016 | 04:08 PM
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But I did know their qualifications hence I said they were my peers.
Peer:
:noun:
1. A person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
2. A person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status.
3.something of equal worth or quality: a sky-scraper without peer.
4. A nobleman.
5. A member of any of the five degrees of the nobility in Great Britain and Ireland (duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron).
6. Archaic. a companion.
While we do not know each airlines preferences, one could infer that if their peer is hired before they are, it could be due to race/sex. Is all I am saying
Peer:
:noun:
1. A person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
2. A person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status.
3.something of equal worth or quality: a sky-scraper without peer.
4. A nobleman.
5. A member of any of the five degrees of the nobility in Great Britain and Ireland (duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron).
6. Archaic. a companion.
While we do not know each airlines preferences, one could infer that if their peer is hired before they are, it could be due to race/sex. Is all I am saying
02-24-2016 | 04:08 PM
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they're BLEEPING RJ FO's.. what is there to discuss??? There are Jet Blue A320 CA's with apps at DAL I know personally with degrees and no failed checks, that haven't even been called.. with internals to boot! I know a 747 air force O5 who is still waiting for a call and has 3 internals at DL. Yet the last class had 2 female FOs with NO PIC time outside of being CFI's.. what is there to discuss?
Bingo. You hit the nail on the head about what my point was several posts back that possibly started this $hit storm. I even said that I flew with some awesome gals and some not so awesome gals. The not so awesome gals were picked up before the good sticks. No pic time either. The millennials fighting your responses were born with political correctness manuals in their hands.
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02-24-2016 | 04:11 PM
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02-24-2016 | 04:11 PM
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Please don't put words in my mouth. I said that I neither confirm nor deny. Look back and read....
IF you are so sure that they do get preferential treatment, why can't you prove it? Saying I'm in denial is awesome and all, but doesn't really help you prove your case.
IF you are so sure that they do get preferential treatment, why can't you prove it? Saying I'm in denial is awesome and all, but doesn't really help you prove your case.
You're early thirties something aren't you? How the heck is he supposed to prove that? I have my own examples as well. We can get some beers and the three of us can discuss.
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02-24-2016 | 04:13 PM
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Bingo. You hit the nail on the head about what my point was several posts back that possibly started this $hit storm. I even said that I flew with some awesome gals and some not so awesome gals. The not so awesome gals were picked up before the good sticks. No pic time either. The millennials fighting your responses were born with political correctness manuals in their hands.
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02-24-2016 | 04:14 PM
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02-24-2016 | 04:18 PM
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Come on now there is no shortage of qualified pilots to fly for legacy/ LCC airlines. Its only the regional's that have to worry. It's a gasp that they might actually have to pay a living wage for people to decide to invest their time in them.
Though to your point above, there are some "bleeping RJ Fo's" who have been FO's for 8 years or more, through no fault of their own other then who they work for. That you would put under someone with 1000hrs of RJ PIC time though they have only been in 121 for 4 years?
Though to your point above, there are some "bleeping RJ Fo's" who have been FO's for 8 years or more, through no fault of their own other then who they work for. That you would put under someone with 1000hrs of RJ PIC time though they have only been in 121 for 4 years?
02-24-2016 | 04:28 PM
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Yes it's still dangerous and a serious job, but it's been dumbed down an order of magnitude from what it was only 30 years ago when I was working thru my ratings.. anyone remember NDBs? HSI/ RMI's as your primary NAV instrument? Clearances like "When able, direct XYZ"? Charts out in the cockpit? No GPWS and flying stepdown non-precision approaches?
It's a lot easier today, but along with that a great many pilots coming out of the pilot farms like ATP's and such are trainwrecks with multiple failed check rides (a death sentence when I came up in flying), and all of them getting hired at the "Regionals" if they can fog a mirror..
It's a lot easier today, but along with that a great many pilots coming out of the pilot farms like ATP's and such are trainwrecks with multiple failed check rides (a death sentence when I came up in flying), and all of them getting hired at the "Regionals" if they can fog a mirror..
02-24-2016 | 04:31 PM
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That's funny. I didn't start flying until 2009. I flew NDB approaches almost daily during my instrument training. I flew IFR with a single VOR and no DME. We always referenced paper charts. You make it sound like these are decades-old training methods that are no longer used. Not everyone forks out the cash to learn in a glass panel Cessna.
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