U.S. Regionals Struggling To Attract Pilots
05-05-2015, 04:44 PM
#21
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05-05-2015, 04:51 PM
#22
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Just stating how you complain about management sticking it and screwing over pilots while you did the same thing. Tried to get a fast track into the industry, bypass the guys doing it the legit way. But you got your a## handed to you.
How's the DC9 type serving you? Hahaha. What a schmuck
05-06-2015, 08:51 AM
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The only way things change are when people stand up for what they believe in, whether it's turning down a job that pays less, organizing a walk out, etc. Imagine the message that would be sent if nobody showed up for work one day. Taking your complaints to websites solves nothing, but actions do.
05-06-2015, 09:07 AM
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The only way things change are when people stand up for what they believe in, whether it's turning down a job that pays less, organizing a walk out, etc. Imagine the message that would be sent if nobody showed up for work one day. Taking your complaints to websites solves nothing, but actions do.
So the message is being sent. It's just going to take awhile for that message to be delivered and the realities of it sink in with airline managers. By that time, I'm going to bet it'll be way too late.
05-06-2015, 09:12 AM
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05-06-2015, 10:19 AM
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People are doing that. Many high school student pilots I talk to have zero desire to chase the airline career. Number one answers as to why: pathetic pay, poor quality of life, and ROI. The word is out and it has reached to the high school level. The fall out is only going to get worse in future years. The 1500 ATP rule isn't going anywhere. Even if it does somehow get abolished or modified, the effects of that rule has already reached the high school level. The pilot career will be a game for trust fund babies, if they're even interested.
So the message is being sent. It's just going to take awhile for that message to be delivered and the realities of it sink in with airline managers. By that time, I'm going to bet it'll be way too late.
So the message is being sent. It's just going to take awhile for that message to be delivered and the realities of it sink in with airline managers. By that time, I'm going to bet it'll be way too late.
The fact is, there are people that are willing to fly and get paid less. It's contributed to where the industry now is. Someone will always want to drive a bus with wings, even if it means going to college and taking on debt to do it.
Airline managers run their companies no differently than any other U.S. company, who's only responsibility is to it's investors.
Statements like "things are going to change when X happens", or "the only people who are going to take these jobs are trust fund babies" are self-serving. There will always be someone willing to do my job and yours for less money, and someone to profit from it. Capitalism and greed are completely legal, and we're completely accepting of it.
05-06-2015, 10:56 AM
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Sorry, but I disagree with you. That's what you would like to see, but it's simply not the reality.
The fact is, there are people that are willing to fly and get paid less. It's contributed to where the industry now is. Someone will always want to drive a bus with wings, even if it means going to college and taking on debt to do it.
Airline managers run their companies no differently than any other U.S. company, who's only responsibility is to it's investors.
Statements like "things are going to change when X happens", or "the only people who are going to take these jobs are trust fund babies" are self-serving. There will always be someone willing to do my job and yours for less money, and someone to profit from it. Capitalism and greed are completely legal, and we're completely accepting of it.
The fact is, there are people that are willing to fly and get paid less. It's contributed to where the industry now is. Someone will always want to drive a bus with wings, even if it means going to college and taking on debt to do it.
Airline managers run their companies no differently than any other U.S. company, who's only responsibility is to it's investors.
Statements like "things are going to change when X happens", or "the only people who are going to take these jobs are trust fund babies" are self-serving. There will always be someone willing to do my job and yours for less money, and someone to profit from it. Capitalism and greed are completely legal, and we're completely accepting of it.
It's contributed to where it is now .But you
have to look at where it's going..10 years
ago I would completely agree with your statement but the new generation seems
a bit more interested in friends and family
and making more money out of college.
Regionals will have to offer up more and
some already are..
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05-06-2015, 11:16 AM
#30
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Sure it's correct, according to business schools. But this idea is as absurd as today's tuition costs.
In fact, managers ARE responsible to their customers and their employees.
Saying they aren't doesn't make it true.
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