Pure puff piece by the WSJ. Largely targeted at uninformed readers and designed to generate clicks, however, does show you that the discussion is still out there. The norm is unlikely to change anytime soon, of course.
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The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??
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Pure puff piece by the WSJ. Largely targeted at uninformed readers and designed to generate clicks, however, does show you that the discussion is still out there. The norm is unlikely to change anytime soon, of course.
Brag while you can… that shoe will be on the other foot eventually.
Whatever, 7H.
You're preaching to the choir.
I've been furloughed from the airlines... twice.
AND was on the receiving end of what happens when your company declares bankruptcy.
With over 25 years on the seniority list, I have only worked here... as in "receiving a pay check"... 10.5 years.
Oh... and as a civilian gov't employee, I ALSO received my govt furlough notice today. So I got THAT going for me.
Which is nice.
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Sorry to see that, Huggy. On the plus side, after the 2020 debacle, I have no intention of ever applying to the airlines again, so that should help keep Murphy away.
Guys who left to do things other than airlines, also getting paid (well) today...
Eventually. That will take time. The flip side of that is, some people of lower integrity might try to get away with things they otherwise wouldn't feel they could.
WHO ARE THESE LOW INTEGRITY PILOTS YOU SPEAK OF????!!!!!! IM SHOCKED!!!!!!!
You spelled "management" wrong.
Somewhat related... Last week I was perusing the internet for potential jobs and stumbled across a YT video by a former Part 135 cargo pilot. He flew for one of the two companies that services the FedEx regional haulers. He described his day as starting at 6am and flying until about 10am, and then coming in around 6pm and flying until 10pm.
That didn't sound remotely legal to me, but I guess that's what you get when you hire pilots that just want to build flight time.
There's a local PC-12 medical transport plane here in town that will keep their pilots on-call during their shift, but let them stay home. Then when it's the end of the day and they get a flight request, they'll say that since they were home, they weren't on duty and their duty day hasn't started yet. Apparently there's one pilot that pushes back, but others roll with it.
Pass for me.
Yep…my neighbor decided when he was 40 he wanted a flying career. He paid for enough local flight school to get his ratings and then went to some FedEx/UPS contractor and flew split shifts for them for two years to build time - it was all in Cessna Caravans and he apparently flew to some crazy remote fields. He’s now flying for fractional biz jet company out of KPSM.
Come fly with us at CAP-USAF. we should have 4-5 GS-12 roles open when hiring freeze EO is lifted. You need to show 100 hrs of pilot time in prior 12 months and 2nd Class med. And be eligible to hold a Secret.
We need single anchor gold wingers to even out things here
