RAH RAH REE

We thought of saying something like that back over the radio, but took the high road instead. I'm so sick of hearing non-required chatter over the radio. It isn't your mic for standup and it isn't your soap box for your opinions.

And in my experience it is mostly mainline airlines that are making the snide remarks.

CRM114

A professor at Utah Valley State U's airplane school struggles to connect the dots between pilot pay and labor shortage. On one hand the "absurd law" (that ensures minimum qualification) creates a shortage, on the other hand "pay will only go up". Hmmm, I wonder why?



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gloopy

LOL wow, dumbest POV ever. So we need to go back to the days of 300 hour wonders to keep the hiring up so ppl don't have to drive as far because driving is bad, and even if we have the occasional crash that's OK because the greater good is still served.

80ktsClamp

I'm pretty sure the people most disconnected from reality in aviation are those that teach in aviation universities. Which is ironic given that the students that get their ratings from the universities can have lower hours.

Spudhauler

His logic is garbage. It's like saying don't pass anti-smoking laws because people will go out to eat more and get fatter. The simple truth is that the regionals got away with hiring low time kids for years and now reality is setting in. People will either have to pay more for air travel so airlines can pay their pilots reasonable wages, or they will lose some service. He, of course, wants to entice kids to go to his school to learn how to fly, so he's running around acting like the sky is falling.

DYNASTY HVY

Reminds me of the time I accidentally walked into an obgyn office and the conversations going on in there were just priceless to say the least.

uvuflier

I have waited a long time for this individual's name to be brought up on this thread.

During one of my classes, while discussing airline labor relations, he discussed his role in the Continental strike of 1983 and how he crossed the picket line. When asked if he regretted his actions, he bragged to the class "I'm proud to be a scab!" Even in those early days of my career I understood the implications of crossing a picket line and my jaw just about hit the floor.

He went on to describe how all his Navy friends at Continental had turned their backs on him because of his actions. During the strike, he would antagonize and provoke the picketers and then call the police on them when they reacted in anger. His justification for crossing the picket line: he believed the strike was illegal and that he was helping save the company.

Very much a tool of the day!

PS He wears his Continental uniform to class including his ALPA lanyard...oh the irony.

forgot to bid

Where does one begin dissecting that?

A) Nice long sleeve shirt,

B) He retired and wears his uniform around,

C) He is retired and a CAL super scab and wears his ALPA laynard,

D) He wears his uniform in an ATC class,

E) So he, I take it, was on a rest break flying across the gulf of mexico eating a first class meal, wearing his gun on his hip (internationally?) and wearing cowboy boots...

Packrat

There are no adequate words to tell you how much this SCAB disgusts me. I wonder if UVU knows his history.

80ktsClamp

Holy moley... Tool of the year already in February! I cringed the entire way through that video!