Pilot shortage, coming soon to an airline near you.

[siucavflight]

I know how to avoid this problem. Raise wages.

http://origin.sltrib.com/ci_5152069

 

[Flyer1015]

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=93406

 

[DwayneWorthless]

How about this: http://dcipilots.com/comair_USA_Today.htm


Management cost cutting..................shortage of crews
Cancelling flights...............................pissing off passenegrs
Subscriptions to USA Today @ the gates.....corporate discount
Cancelled passengers reading USA Today @ the gate.....PRICELESS!

 

[SiuDude]

Great quote:

" FedEx pays an Airbus A380 captain with 10 years of experience $17,464 a month, according to WillFlyForFood.cc, a Web site that compares pilot pay."

 

[Gobi Gred]

$3,000 a month for a 10 year jet captain?! Not quite. That's about what a 10 year guy takes home every 2 weeks after taxes, deductions, etc. The media can't get anything right.

 

[pilotyip]

It is all part of the 2007-hiring boom. World wide pilot shortage starts to spread to the US, just a predicted by the AW&ST about a year ago. Entry-level carriers have reduced their competitive hiring mins to Comm./MEL/Inst in order to fill classes. Cannot go any lower, the thing they will have to do is raise pay.

 

[SSDD]

That's why age 65 is a shoe in.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Cannot go any lower, the thing they will have to do is raise pay.

We all know that won't happen. If it does, it won't be much, and it won't last long. Then they'll be back to the business of gutting contracts when staffing is adequate.

 

[siucavflight]

We all know that won't happen. If it does, it won't be much, and it won't last long. Then they'll be back to the business of gutting contracts when staffing is adequate.

I think that is where you are wrong, when they are unable to staff an airline(not enough applicants) the only way that they can attract more applicants is to make the pay better then the other guys pay.

 

[hawaiimei]

Or they will begin to allow outsourcing/ownership by foreign countries. The US wasn't ready for foreign owned airlines this year, but the management will claim that they can not afford the high cost of US labor. Northwest Airlines began this already on international flights by outsourcing flight attendants, once they layover in a foreign country they go to a minimum number of US FA's and pay them much less.

Take a look at China, and I believe they are positioning to be a global force in the airline industry (among other things).

I would love to think that the shortage would indicate an increase in pay, but somehow mgt will sidestep that at any cost.

 

[CherryBomb]

I'm still not convinced there will ever be a pilot shortage. There might be a lack of qualified pilots, but no overall shortage. Its too easy to get a pilots license in this country. Its the industrys best kept secret:

As long as there are parents willing to shell out money for kids to go to 4 month zero time to RJ programs, there will never be a shortage. Lets not forget the pay for training outfits either. Its all about the moolah!!

 

[time builder]

This article is full of it. I seriously doubt Westminster college is graduating 110 commercial pilots per year. Anyone have a more realistic figure?

The parts about pay are seriously fluffed, not that this is news to anyone, but at least someone is pointing out that we're not all making six figures.

On a personal note, I went to a SkyWest job fair last month, there's no shortage of applicants there. They say that 2500/500 with previous part 121/135 experience is competitive, I believe it.

 

[siucavflight]

This article is full of it. I seriously doubt Westminster college is graduating 110 commercial pilots per year. Anyone have a more realistic figure?

The parts about pay are seriously fluffed, not that this is news to anyone, but at least someone is pointing out that we're not all making six figures.

On a personal note, I went to a SkyWest job fair last month, there's no shortage of applicants there. They say that 2500/500 with previous part 121/135 experience is competitive, I believe it.

But everyone they hire has 1000/100, I am not sure what they mean by competitive, but they are hiring far below their 2500/500.

 

[indianboy7]

$3,000 a month for a 10 year jet captain?! Not quite. That's about what a 10 year guy takes home every 2 weeks after taxes, deductions, etc. The media can't get anything right.

I think it's an allowable transgression...let 'em run with it.......I'd rather have people appaled at the fact that their captain is being underpaid rather than overpaid....... imp:

 

[Soverytired]

This article is full of it.

I seriously doubt Westminster college is graduating 110 commercial pilots per year. Anyone have a more realistic figure?

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"FedEx pays an Airbus A380 captain with 10 years of experience $17,464 a month,"


FedEx has never paid an Airbus A380 captain anything at FedEx. It would be just as accurate to say that FedEx pays it's Airbus A380 captains 0 dollars but they get to pick one package each flight to take home for themselves.

Typically piss poor aviation reporting strikes again.