Posted on 05/23/2022 10:29:01 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
As the pilot shortage continues to rock the airline industry, carriers are struggling to fulfill their flight schedules, and some are even trying to reduce required training hours to get more pilots in the air.
On May 13, Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci apologized in a YouTube video for continued flight cancellations that have been plaguing the carrier. Minicucci blamed the pilot shortage, saying "we had 63 fewer pilots than what we planned for when we built our scheduled," which caused a "ripple effect."
"By the time we caught this error, April and May schedules were bid on by our pilots and flight attendants, making it impossible to sufficiently adjust schedules to avoid cancellations," he continued.
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I’ll give it a shot. I’m pretty good on the 737 from cold & dark to taxi and takeoff in X Plane. Need to work on landing some more though.
It has not been discussed much, but older workers often felt there was an unwritten contract with their employers.
You treat us with decency and respect, and we will do a good job for you.
The employers tossed the decency and respect—and many older workers felt no obligation to stick around at that point.
The pilot/owner of a Beaver used to let me take the controls when we flew into our backcountry strip in the Yukon...wonder if I might qualify with Delta??
I think I'll watch this transition from down here.
How ‘bout you stop forcibly jabbing pilots, some of whom then have career ending heart problems?
Ditto. I'm bugged out and willing to stay put for as long as it takes.
Let them start drinking before flights again.
What could go wrong?
Though I certainly wasn’t a frequent flyer, when Bush instituted the TSA nazis I vowed not to fly again.
If I can’t drive there, I don’t go there.
Aviation is a very narrow track and the skills involved in flying don’t apply to other fields. Who wants to find themselves searching for a new career after spending all that time and effort just to have airlines mandate another medical experiment?
Explains why I see hiring ads for CSX for the first time in my life. They must be desperate.
Yup.
The railroads never needed to advertise for jobs. That pension is too good if you can make it far enough to collect.
But Harrison and his minions fired thousands. If they had listened to anyone, they would have culled the numbers just by attrition and retirements as the company was looking at having to replace 35% of its workforce due to retirements, over the course of a few years
But Hilal, Harrison and the major shareholders wanted more and they wanted it fast.
No mention of what they pay for newbies. I saw one of the crash disaster shows a while back and they stated the pilots of regional airlines are paid almost nothing.
My son wanted to go to the Univ. of North Dakota for their flying program and told him I couldn’t sign papers putting him in dept for $160,000 for a $35,000 a year job. A neighbor who is a military pilot told him let Uncle Sam train him. Unless your flying overseas, they don’t pay much. His old roommate in DC, his dad has a big job with FedEx and flies overseas a handful of times a year to keep his pilot’s license. He said the overseas pilots rake in the cash but it’s all about connections.
I used to tell young folks entering the work world “Be as loyal to the company as the company is to you.”
Everyone will feel confident flying, knowing their pilots have had less training than necessary.
Yes, let Uncle Sam train you.
I remember being on a plane and a fellow passenger (a liberal probably) spit out, “I hope our pilot is not ex-military”.
When I fly, I hope the pilots ARE ex-military. No one could afford to actually pay for that much training.
feelings are important
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