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Airlines Face Acute Shortage of Pilots
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| November 11, 2012
| SUSAN CAREY, JACK NICAS and ANDY PASZTOR
Posted on 11/12/2012 8:46:40 AM PST by george76
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posted on
11/12/2012 8:46:49 AM PST
by
george76
To: george76
Nurse shortage.
Construction worker shortage.
Programmer shortage.
Pilot shortage.
Americans who won’t do skilled jobs at ten dollars an hour shortage.
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posted on
11/12/2012 8:49:26 AM PST
by
heartwood
To: george76
Is experience with takeoffs and landings required or only level flight? sarc/
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posted on
11/12/2012 8:50:06 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: george76
Wait until we all face a shortage of DOCTORS. Because that day IS coming.
To: george76
Hmmmmm....how about higher pay?
To: george76
"Federal mandates taking effect next summer will require all newly hired pilots to have at least 1,500 hours of prior flight experiencesix times the current minimum"I must be missing something here. I left the AF (pilot) in '84. Back then, you had to have an Air Transport Pilot (ATP) rating to even apply to the airlines....and the minimum hours required to get an ATP was 1800 hrs.
Their numbers make no sense to me.
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posted on
11/12/2012 8:51:09 AM PST
by
RightOnline
(I am Andrew Breitbart!)
To: george76
Gen-Av is one of the feeder stocks, it is dying. The alphabet soup aviation organizations haven't figured out hoe to kids away from the video games or vets into the cockpit at pilot in command. with old 172's w/ instructor running @ $140 hr plus and fuel through the moon, how in G-d's name does someone do it today, unless they do the college route and got their private during their high school years, through really hard work.
Not going to get better in this Obama-Economy...
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posted on
11/12/2012 8:54:16 AM PST
by
taildragger
(( Tighten the 5 point harness and brace for Impact Freepers, ya know it's coming..... ))
To: george76
Federal mandates taking effect Yup, I see the problem.
To: proxy_user
I would start by raising the mandatory retirement age from 55 or 60? to 65.
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posted on
11/12/2012 8:59:35 AM PST
by
jpsb
To: proxy_user
A big city bus driver will earn more then a young pilot.
And not so young with smaller lines.
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:02:23 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(The best is the enemy of the good!)
To: jpsb
Opps,
Dec 14, 2007 President Bush on Dec. 13 signed into law a new mandatory retirement age for pilots. Now commercial pilots can stay on the job until they're 65
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:03:17 AM PST
by
jpsb
To: jpsb
The article states that the mandatory retirement age is 65.
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:04:10 AM PST
by
Dianna
To: heartwood
Shortage of tax payers vs recipients.
RIP USA
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:07:05 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
To: george76
Government will solve this. $700 tax per flight. Keeps the peasants off the flights, less carbon pumped in the air and no more shortage of pilots.
(/sarcastic arse mode off)
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:07:05 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
To: george76
They’ve cut pilot’s wages continuously for 10 years and there’s STILL a shortage. Who can figure?
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:18:21 AM PST
by
DManA
To: jpsb
I would start by raising the mandatory retirement age from 55 or 60? to 65.I'm not so sure about that.My understanding is that piloting commercial aircraft is a stressful job.Stress + time zone changes (not an issue for *all* pilots,certainly) + age = potential heart attacks.
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:30:32 AM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
To: taildragger
“Gen-Av is one of the feeder stocks, it is dying. The alphabet soup aviation organizations haven’t figured out hoe to kids away from the video games or vets into the cockpit at pilot in command. with old 172’s w/ instructor running @ $140 hr plus and fuel through the moon, how in G-d’s name does someone do it today, unless they do the college route and got their private during their high school years, through really hard work.”
You got that right. I live on a private airport, and there are 2/3 planes based here than 10 years ago. Fuel is $6.00/gal. Cost to get a commercial License, $20,000 - $30,000, then you have to build time flying business at minimum wage for 10 years to quailify for the Airlines.
But hey, It won’t be long before the gamers’ are flyin our airline’rs from ground stations like the drones.
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:36:17 AM PST
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
To: george76
South African Airways recruits promising pilot candidates and sponsors their schooling at a training academy. Upon successful completion the newly minted pilots begin on regional feeder routes and as they gain experience and seniority move on to larger aircraft. This seems to work, or it has until recently when discrimination charges were leveled ... seems white recruits were being denied slots, they were going to blacks candidates with much lower qualifications.
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:40:33 AM PST
by
BluH2o
To: stubernx98
I was getting some new charts the other day and Rentals for a 172 start at $140 per, instructor another 30-40. It is cheaper to buy your own plane and learn in it. I never would of got my instrument rating If I had to rent. Buying my 1979 172 180 Penn yan Superhawk 10 years ago was by far the smartest move in this regard. But hey since there will be no pilots we won’t have to worry about the lack of Controllers, who are leaving just as fast due to mandatory retirement age.
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:46:04 AM PST
by
eyeamok
To: taildragger
Yes. They are making it harder and more expensive for general aviation pilots to fly. I can’t afford it any more. How are civilians pilots supposed to get the experience to become commercial pilots. It was tough enough before. Now it is getting nearly impossible.
I think the whole idea is to make it difficult or impossible for ordinary Americans to travel: cost of fuel, toll roads, inconvenience and expense of air travel and more.
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posted on
11/12/2012 10:15:59 AM PST
by
Chuckster
(The longer I live the less I care about what you think.)
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