Air France Pilots Strike over Change in Age 60 Rule!

[Dumb Pilot]

At least we have hats . . .

Look, d0uche- bags (there's a little French for you):

Do you ever wonder why there are so many foreign-born pilots flying in the US?

(evidently not)

Here's a little secret . . . it's because there is more opportunity to become a pilot in the USA . . . so, while you're rolling around in your miasma of self-pity and self-loathing, you might want to stop for a minute and think about what you would be doing if you had been born in France . . . because you likely would never have been able to become a pilot.

That explains all the pissed-off waiters in France- they all wanted to be pilots.

Bon apetite, MF! err . . mon frere :laugh:

You mean is a lot easier, because we have the lowest standards (both academic and medical) to obtain a pilots license here in the US

 

[ultrarunner]

Ok, I had a pretty hard workout today, so I'm a bit fuzzy...

BUT if there's a strike going on, how do you operate half short-haul and up to 75 percent of long haul flights?

They got that many management pilots, or are scabs flying those flights?

 

[Poahi]

Ok, I had a pretty hard workout today, so I'm a bit fuzzy...

BUT if there's a strike going on, how do you operate half short-haul and up to 75 percent of long haul flights?

They got that many management pilots, or are scabs flying those flights?

That might have been it or pilots might have been out of position when the strike started and needed to fly the return trip.

CNN has buried the story. I did find some video on it though.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bu...ermann.france.air.strike.cnn?iref=videosearch

 

[Green]

wish i was an Air France pilot. $30,000/monthUSD to fly an A330 and they average only 65-75 hours of flight time. Imagine that, great pay and work rules....

 

[relief tube]

The French have more balls than we do.

hell yeah.

wish there was at least a hint of thoughts like that here. Course so many disruptive unions in the past have ruined our ability to strike "legally" but still, wish some of the airlines with younger pilot groups would have tried to raise a fuss.

Get the greedy bastards out of here. For now, enjoy 10 or so short years of healthy retirement. 10 years goes by quick.

 

[Flying-Corporal]

That explains all the pissed-off waiters in France- they all wanted to be pilots.

Bon apetite, MF! err . . mon frere

Waiters in France could be pissed at you if you order in English, which is probably what you would do.

I would get pissed if someone would talk to me in German or Chinese and expect me to understand it in this country.

Do a little traveling, there is a big world out there. You will be humbled at how much stuff you don't know.

 

[AC560]

You mean is a lot easier, because we have the lowest standards (both academic and medical) to obtain a pilots license here in the US

Easier to get a JAA license in the US as well I would guess given all the schools handing them out.

 

[Sky Jet]

MCDU,

I am interested to know why if it sucks so bad here in the good ole USA why you will wait until your kids are out of school to leave? And don't give me that story about how the rest of the world is great if I just would get out a little. I flew international for years and now work as an expat. While I like my current job and enjoy the country that I work in, I have to tell you, if I could find a good job in the States I would be back in a heartbeat. My family stays here for exactly the same reason that yours probably does. All things considered it is the safest and best place I know of to raise children in the world.

Jet

 

[Nindiri]

And evidently, illiterate...


stlflyguy

Maybe he thinks it's French for obese.

 

[Raoul Duke]

The French have more balls than we do.

Please tell that to my Grandfather, he could use a good laugh.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Easier to get a JAA license in the US as well I would guess given all the schools handing them out.

Handing them? I think research is in order. The only place in the world that you can do a weekend course (4 hours per day) and get an ATP written Monday morning is here in the US. My contractors license was a 4 day ground school (5 hour each day) and two tests (one business management and one trade) and this is to be able to charge money to tile a floor. Like I said, our medical and academic standards to obtain a pilots license are a joke

 

[Andy Neill]

Ok, I had a pretty hard workout today, so I'm a bit fuzzy...

BUT if there's a strike going on, how do you operate half short-haul and up to 75 percent of long haul flights?

They got that many management pilots, or are scabs flying those flights?

A minority Air France pilot union, the USPNT, said it was not joining the strike because "the reform remained optional."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081114/bs_afp/franceaviationtravelstrike_081114211306