AA recalls

[satpak77]

Sweet deal if it is true and I bet it is. I would love to be at American.

wonder how many people who decided (circa 2005 to present) that (INSERT BELOW) was the place to be/job to have

Corporate
FAA Inspector
Customs Pilot

will then decide in 2007 that (INSERT BELOW)

XXXX Major Airline is the place to be.

Gotta love pilots, they can memorize checklists, but do they ever learn?

 

[instructordude]

wonder how many people who decided (circa 2005 to present) that (INSERT BELOW) was the place to be/job to have

Corporate
FAA Inspector
Customs Pilot

will then decide in 2007 that (INSERT BELOW)

XXXX Major Airline is the place to be.

Gotta love pilots, they can memorize checklists, but do they ever learn?

Good point. Really good point.

 

[CSY Mon]

XXXX Major Airline is the place to be.

When times are-a-good, a major airline pilot's seat is indeed the place to be.

In bad times a Goverment Pilot's position is pretty sweet.
7 or 8 years ago, a job with Delta, American or United could not be beat as far as pay, retirement or days off.

20 years ago Flying Tigers was the top dog.

Before that Pan-Am and Eastern would be the top choice.

Uh, what is the point?
Customs Pilot?
Flying a B-350 for $80K a year with a pension after X number of drug busts?
Or flying an FAA desk to age 67 to secure a decent retirement?
Plenty of Eastern scabs are doing it, popping their heads in my cockpit to check on current revisions and licenses.
Bet they would rather fly a major line @ the A scales than pushing papers and playing sky-sheriffs on their old days.


Aye, none of us have a proper crystal ball:
Remember the rah-rah about Peoples Express?
The life-time jobs with Pan-Am?
The UAL stock options?

As far as corporate pilots:
That may be the future, secure a job in the left seat of a G-5 for a rich guy, then sit back and enjoy the ride.
Based in yer town, Fortune 500 future, no furloughs in IBM or Bill Gates land.

How do I apply or qualify...........?

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

20 years ago Flying Tigers was the top dog.

Those Flying Tigers dudes are retiring as Mad Dog Captains at FedEx. They are still top dog.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

As far as corporate pilots:
That may be the future, secure a job in the left seat of a G-5 for a rich guy, then sit back and enjoy the ride.
Based in yer town, Fortune 500 future, no furloughs in IBM or Bill Gates land.

How do I apply or qualify...........?

Flying for Ford in the BBJ was great until they sold it to SWA.

But flying for Exxon or some other bulletproof company would be great....

 

[AA717driver]

No corporate job is bullet-proof. All it takes is having the wrong bottled water on board or the linens not showing up--it's suddenly YOUR fault and a black mark goes next to your name.

Or, the biggest turd in the department (can't fly, backstabs constantly) shows up one day with his name-plate on the Chief Pilot's door and you're days are numbered.

Merger.

The only security in corporate is the ability to move laterally to another company (but there goes the benefit of flying out of your home town).

There is no security in aviation. You quit your job to take the recall at the airline and your company gets bought or buys someone else and you get a phone call from HQ telling you that recall classes have been suspended. They'll get back to you...

TC