United warned about pilot shortage
06-03-2006, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Av8tor
A trade school?? You better tell that to all of the publications that constantly rank ERAU's engineering program at the top of the list.
And which publication are you refering to...AOPA Flight Training?
06-03-2006, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Nashmd11
Also, how many "competitions" has UND won in the last 25 years? Like 85%!!! An insane record.
I'm sure that the UND team is ever so eager to spend hours and hours each week learning the subtle differences between obscure European training aircraft from the 1940's when they should be enjoying college and getting 1aid.
Your own tower controllers can't stand you guys. Remember in '01 during the national competition when another school's banner was allowed to be displayed on "your" control tower?!?!?!?!
Geez...have a beer.
06-03-2006, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Nashmd11
Are you Smoking Crack? ERAU grads cant even spell "Pilot". Not even a comparison. An Accredited University vs. a Trade School. ERAU is for kids who have too much money and couldn't get accepted at a higher education university. Go Purdue and Sioux!!!!!!!!!!! Also, how many "competitions" has UND won in the last 25 years? Like 85%!!! An insane record.
Originally Posted by Lab Rat
Cool, the pilot shortage Kit's been talking about is finally here!! I better call ERAU and tell them to up the recruitment.
The people that bash ANY aviation school are usually the ones that didn't make it into any of them. Call it jealousy, envy, whatever......
As far as ERAU being only for "Rich Snobs", I paid my own way through and am still paying for it. Many of my friends who went there also paid their way through THEMSELVES. Not possible you say? Well that just goes to show how dumb both of you really are. I call myself resourceful. I wanted to go there and found the means to do so (including working two jobs while I was there).
I don't go around bragging about where I went to school or how "great" a school that ERAU is. I have great respect for all of the aviation colleges and their grads, not just mine.
I will agree that most who "brag" and make a big stink out of it are the ones who did have mom and dad pay for it and they also got a regional job at 250 hours. I don't apologize for their behavior because it really doesn't matter what school you went to at that point. If you have never had a REAL job outside of aviation, then you don't appreciate where you are today regardless of whether you went to ERAU or Community College for your ratings.
Get off of your jealousy kick and suck it up.........Most of our grads are great qualified pilots that have worked hard for their ratings and degree. I don't give a rats a^$$ about an of the flight teams. They don't mean anything when it comes to the quality of the grad. Hell, I can teach a monkey to fly an airplane......
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06-03-2006, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by HSLD
OK, I think we understand that are differing opinions about aviation universities. Please take the food fights elsewhere.
Anyone have dialog about this thread's title: United warned about pilot shortage ?
Anyone have dialog about this thread's title: United warned about pilot shortage ?
06-04-2006, 05:14 AM
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Let me add AA to the list
Originally Posted by 757Driver
Hey,
Just do what CAL does every summer and send every single training Pilot to the Line, stop hiring, (more hiring would alleviate most of the problem), pay guys time and 1/2 who can't wait to help the company out instead of having a properly staffed airline and your set.
CAL's been doing this for over 20 years now and the Pilots who help-out are as much to blame as management.
Just do what CAL does every summer and send every single training Pilot to the Line, stop hiring, (more hiring would alleviate most of the problem), pay guys time and 1/2 who can't wait to help the company out instead of having a properly staffed airline and your set.
CAL's been doing this for over 20 years now and the Pilots who help-out are as much to blame as management.
06-04-2006, 08:09 AM
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Right on!
Originally Posted by glasspilot
I'm with AA (former TWA) and AA's in the "refuse to recall" mode. Cancellations for lack of crews, reserves flying over guarantee every month. Co. blaming canceled flts on the "sick rate". Now doing the "shrink to profitablity" mode to avoid recalls (flt attendants too).
They had plans to increase int'l (high-yield) flying this summer, but when they were told 300-400 pilots would have to be recalled to do this extra flying, AA decided instead to cancel these flights, return the revenue they had already collected and give that market share or profitability to their competitors.
Aren't they generous?
06-04-2006, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by B757200ER
AA is the only company left that hasn't recalled a single pilot since 9-11, and they have the most on furlough-----by far (2,890).
They had plans to increase int'l (high-yield) flying this summer, but when they were told 300-400 pilots would have to be recalled to do this extra flying, AA decided instead to cancel these flights, return the revenue they had already collected and give that market share or profitability to their competitors.
Aren't they generous?
They had plans to increase int'l (high-yield) flying this summer, but when they were told 300-400 pilots would have to be recalled to do this extra flying, AA decided instead to cancel these flights, return the revenue they had already collected and give that market share or profitability to their competitors.
Aren't they generous?
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