BB admits Pilot Shortage Chatauqua Done!
02-11-2014, 05:59 AM
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First I feel for the employee's who will be directly impacted with bases closing etc (pilots, ramp, Flight attendants).
However, in my opinion I am happy to see some of the regional excessive feed being reduced. Doesn't this present an opportunity for leverage for pilots and also allow the possibility of mainline having to look at adding new aircraft?
I hope RAH can use this as leverage to obtain a contract soon.
However, in my opinion I am happy to see some of the regional excessive feed being reduced. Doesn't this present an opportunity for leverage for pilots and also allow the possibility of mainline having to look at adding new aircraft?
I hope RAH can use this as leverage to obtain a contract soon.
02-11-2014, 06:07 AM
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Correct me with a quote if I'm wrong, but I believe airline management were the ones who lobbied way back to get us put under the RLA and the A4A still supports that. It also occurs to me that Republicans are the favored party of management. Since Democrats are the favored party of unions, and the unions want out of the RLA, it would seem Democrats are more likely to do that. But then if you really get into it with the unions, you'll hear that they also enjoy some of the provisions of the RLA like Section 6 and status quo. So maybe both sides support the RLA?
Either way, it's Congress, not the White House that decides any of it. Political novices give the WH way too much credit. Other than executive orders and war powers the WH really doesn't have much power. Just the bully pulpit.
Either way, it's Congress, not the White House that decides any of it. Political novices give the WH way too much credit. Other than executive orders and war powers the WH really doesn't have much power. Just the bully pulpit.
BB can cry a river. Its not going to change any time soon.....
02-11-2014, 06:32 AM
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So who's going to fill the void? Or are those jets just going to disappear? I know some of the CLE stuff was just going to go away. Doesn't seem like anybody is able to staff for current flying as is, let alone staff additional planes.
02-11-2014, 06:35 AM
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"However, I do not think the country has a shortage of truly qualified pilots, at least not yet. There are ample pilots for today’s needs, but these young people, who have graduated with aeronautical aviation degrees no longer qualify for employment. "
I'm not sure what that means. Should there have been another comma after 'degrees'? Is he saying that people with aviation degrees no longer qualify for employment? Is he saying that there are many degreed pilots around that don't meet his standards for employment?
I'm not sure what that means. Should there have been another comma after 'degrees'? Is he saying that people with aviation degrees no longer qualify for employment? Is he saying that there are many degreed pilots around that don't meet his standards for employment?
What he meant is that the puppy mills got shut down and hopefully if the 1500 hour rule goes away soon they can get back down to business makng 200-hour airline pilots out of recent high-school grads.
02-11-2014, 06:37 AM
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02-11-2014, 06:39 AM
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Sounds like a bunch of airplanes that were going to be parked anyways.
I wonder if Pinnacle, Comair, etc can all blame their airplane parkings, retroactively, on the pilot shortage too.
I wonder if Pinnacle, Comair, etc can all blame their airplane parkings, retroactively, on the pilot shortage too.
02-11-2014, 06:41 AM
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On one hand BB is saying they can't find pilots, and on the other they have one of the highest interview washout rates? Can anybody reconcile this?
02-11-2014, 06:50 AM
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I'm not sure if the thousands number is correct, but I have heard from many people on this forum that RJET has a reputation for having a very high failure rate (between 40%-60%) in their interviews? Now, I completely understand trying to keep the bar high in the quality of pilots they are hiring, but this seems excessively high.
On one hand BB is saying they can't find pilots, and on the other they have one of the highest interview washout rates? Can anybody reconcile this?
On one hand BB is saying they can't find pilots, and on the other they have one of the highest interview washout rates? Can anybody reconcile this?
On another note, just because you can fly a Seminole or light twin of your choice level for 1500 hours doesn't mean you can or should pilot get typed in a transport category airplane. Just because you got your M.D. doesn't mean you should be a neurosurgeon and just because you got your J.D doesn't mean you should be federal prosecutor.
02-11-2014, 06:56 AM
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Because the 1500 hour rule was part of legislation and not FAA rulemaking the Administration, no matter who the president is, cannot change it. This bill was Chuckie Schumer's baby, and as long as he is in the Senate, and the Democrats have at least 40 votes, you will never see this repealed. Schumer is the #2 Democratic leader in the Senate, and he will likely be the Democratic leader whenever Dingy Harry Reid retires....
BB can cry a river. Its not going to change any time soon.....
BB can cry a river. Its not going to change any time soon.....
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