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#11
On Reserve
Joined APC: Apr 2021
Posts: 13
See the other thread for my synopsis of the qualifications of the folks in the "current" Aviate pool. I'm not going to repeat it again here.
#14
A joke yes, but it's not without precedent.
A million years ago there was a bottom-of-the-barrel 135 commuter outfit near my homedrome that had an ad in the paper for new FO's for their fleet of old worn-out Beech 99s. They had truly laughable mins for what they paid. 3000TT, 2000ME, 1000 PT6. or something similar. And a big ugly disclaimer in the ad about not bothering to apply unless you met their stringent minimum requirements.
A local CFI got her multi-engine ticket one week and was in their ground school the next.
That was almost 40 years ago.
Later on, I was a Captain for Brand X which folded. I found myself interviewing the next week at Brand Y where they proudly told me just how unqualified I was to fly their Shorts SD330. The only reason that I was there was because I was current in 135 ops as Captain in the NE. Yet, one of my classmates had remarkable non-credentials.
It's a funny industry.
A million years ago there was a bottom-of-the-barrel 135 commuter outfit near my homedrome that had an ad in the paper for new FO's for their fleet of old worn-out Beech 99s. They had truly laughable mins for what they paid. 3000TT, 2000ME, 1000 PT6. or something similar. And a big ugly disclaimer in the ad about not bothering to apply unless you met their stringent minimum requirements.
A local CFI got her multi-engine ticket one week and was in their ground school the next.
That was almost 40 years ago.
Later on, I was a Captain for Brand X which folded. I found myself interviewing the next week at Brand Y where they proudly told me just how unqualified I was to fly their Shorts SD330. The only reason that I was there was because I was current in 135 ops as Captain in the NE. Yet, one of my classmates had remarkable non-credentials.
It's a funny industry.
#16
A joke yes, but it's not without precedent.
A million years ago there was a bottom-of-the-barrel 135 commuter outfit near my homedrome that had an ad in the paper for new FO's for their fleet of old worn-out Beech 99s. They had truly laughable mins for what they paid. 3000TT, 2000ME, 1000 PT6. or something similar. And a big ugly disclaimer in the ad about not bothering to apply unless you met their stringent minimum requirements.
A local CFI got her multi-engine ticket one week and was in their ground school the next.
That was almost 40 years ago.
Later on, I was a Captain for Brand X which folded. I found myself interviewing the next week at Brand Y where they proudly told me just how unqualified I was to fly their Shorts SD330. The only reason that I was there was because I was current in 135 ops as Captain in the NE. Yet, one of my classmates had remarkable non-credentials.
It's a funny industry.
A million years ago there was a bottom-of-the-barrel 135 commuter outfit near my homedrome that had an ad in the paper for new FO's for their fleet of old worn-out Beech 99s. They had truly laughable mins for what they paid. 3000TT, 2000ME, 1000 PT6. or something similar. And a big ugly disclaimer in the ad about not bothering to apply unless you met their stringent minimum requirements.
A local CFI got her multi-engine ticket one week and was in their ground school the next.
That was almost 40 years ago.
Later on, I was a Captain for Brand X which folded. I found myself interviewing the next week at Brand Y where they proudly told me just how unqualified I was to fly their Shorts SD330. The only reason that I was there was because I was current in 135 ops as Captain in the NE. Yet, one of my classmates had remarkable non-credentials.
It's a funny industry.
#17
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2020
Posts: 29
Wasn’t it just 6 months ago the company was threatening to furlough a third of its pilots? And now we’re hiring....potentially 1500?
I don’t mean to turn this into another LOA debate, but it’s important to remember how this turn of events played out when the company threatens to furlough massive numbers next time.
I don’t mean to turn this into another LOA debate, but it’s important to remember how this turn of events played out when the company threatens to furlough massive numbers next time.
#18
Gets Weekends Off
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Joined APC: Oct 2018
Posts: 511
Wasn’t it just 6 months ago the company was threatening to furlough a third of its pilots? And now we’re hiring....potentially 1500?
I don’t mean to turn this into another LOA debate, but it’s important to remember how this turn of events played out when the company threatens to furlough massive numbers next time.
I don’t mean to turn this into another LOA debate, but it’s important to remember how this turn of events played out when the company threatens to furlough massive numbers next time.
would be hiring if vote no passed?
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