Hiring Mins 40 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hiring Mins 40 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know there is a lot of talk on here about the industry going to hell because they are hiring people with 600 hrs total time etc.................... Well some of you people seem to forget that United used to have ads in the newspapers....................Do you have 250hrs and a Commercial Pilots license??????????????? Come be an airline pilot. Whats the difference you ask????????????? The airplanes are safer now and the training has improved greatly so get off the whole, "oh my god a 600hr wonder kid"
PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
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You know there is a lot of talk on here about the industry going to hell because they are hiring people with 600 hrs total time etc.................... Well some of you people seem to forget that United used to have ads in the newspapers....................Do you have 250hrs and a Commercial Pilots license??????????????? Come be an airline pilot. Whats the difference you ask????????????? The airplanes are safer now and the training has improved greatly so get off the whole, "oh my god a 600hr wonder kid"
PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
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You know there is a lot of talk on here about the industry going to hell because they are hiring people with 600 hrs total time etc.................... Well some of you people seem to forget that United used to have ads in the newspapers....................Do you have 250hrs and a Commercial Pilots license??????????????? Come be an airline pilot. Whats the difference you ask????????????? The airplanes are safer now and the training has improved greatly so get off the whole, "oh my god a 600hr wonder kid"
PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
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You know there is a lot of talk on here about the industry going to hell because they are hiring people with 600 hrs total time etc.................... Well some of you people seem to forget that United used to have ads in the newspapers....................Do you have 250hrs and a Commercial Pilots license??????????????? Come be an airline pilot. Whats the difference you ask????????????? The airplanes are safer now and the training has improved greatly so get off the whole, "oh my god a 600hr wonder kid" PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
Today, the expectation seems to be that if you meet minimum quals (ATP) you are automatically entitled, qualified, and owed a left seat in a SJ.
By the way, the day of "do you have a pulse? Come be an airline pilot." didn't last long, and in general, real hiring quals were higher than today with most new hires prior to deregulation being military trained.
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You know there is a lot of talk on here about the industry going to hell because they are hiring people with 600 hrs total time etc.................... Well some of you people seem to forget that United used to have ads in the newspapers....................Do you have 250hrs and a Commercial Pilots license??????????????? Come be an airline pilot. Whats the difference you ask????????????? The airplanes are safer now and the training has improved greatly so get off the whole, "oh my god a 600hr wonder kid"
PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
PS I said 20 yrs ago I didnt realize how old I was so lets make it more like 40 or so years ago
That was back in the early 1960's when the payscales were lower, and the the vietnam-era military pilots weren't available.
Back then if you didn't have the dough for college or flight training, most people took their old man's job at the mill/factory/mine. There weren't many alternative means of funding your dreams, so people just faced the reality.
Also, as was mentioned you started as an FE, and stayed an FE for years. FE's never got spectacular pay.
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I changed the title of the thread to reflect the OP's attempt to make part of his point more accurate. His thread title of 20 years ago is incorrect as I was personally there to witness it. Saab realised his mistake but didn't fix it.
By the way, Saab. In the future when you make a mistake in the title of a thread, you can go back and change it on your own.
By the way, Saab. In the future when you make a mistake in the title of a thread, you can go back and change it on your own.
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