"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone)
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"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone)
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Mercedes Streeter
> El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
10/02/2018 at 13:33 |
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Uggh...Becoming a pilot is still my dream career. But with my parents having destroyed my credit funding ain’t easy. I think my next try will be contacting Women in Aviation and/or trying to find one of those “if you fly for us you train for free” programs.
Chariotoflove
> El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
10/02/2018 at 13:36 |
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I kept waiting for the video to address a historically major source of airline pilots: the military. By all accounts, the ratio of ex-military in the civilian pilot pool is decreasing, but it’s still significant enough that it’s odd to not even mention it in a treatment of the cost of entry into the profession.
Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
> El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
10/02/2018 at 14:43 |
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You know why they’re running out of pilots? Because these days, they can make more working for Walmart in the warehouse.
http://fortune.com/2014/03/03/why-airlines-are-running-out-of-pilots/
B
efore you can fly for the big boys, you have to fly for the regionals. For years. Where your average pay is a total joke. Even 4 years later, you STILL have a better chance of qualifying for food stamps than making a living wage. If you’re LUCKY, you might make a whole $44k. More likely? You’ll make
even less than in 2014
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
10/02/2018 at 15:41 |
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From what they are saying at my flight school, times are changing. The big carriers are snapping up the regional pilots. The regional carriers are getting desperate, so they are picking up anyone with commercial and multi-engine ratings. The scuttlebutt is that they are also offering insane signing bonuses.
As always, the trick is to figure out how to pay for the hours you need to get the ratings.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Chariotoflove
10/02/2018 at 18:33 |
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The military is having its own problems with pilot shortages and have been increasing re-enlistment bonuses to try and stop the cuts. If I could guess, the industry relied too long on baby boomer and gen x military pilots hitting their 20 year mark, and early retirements.
In 2009 they moved the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 65. And are now trying the same to raise to 70 for private jets. To kick the can a bit more.
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Chariotoflove
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
10/02/2018 at 18:50 |
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Yes, and it costs so much to train a military jet pilot that the forces increased the commitment to retain that talent longer. I’m no industry analyst, but I suspect that the airline industry is going to have to start subsidizing pilot training more (e.g: the in-house training programs) if they want more pilots.