do the math, you are now making $100K/yr with raises coming, you are 56, you own a home within driving distance of KYIP. You go back to AAL, F/O pay what $80K, sit reserve for 1-2 years, sit F/O for 6-7 years, you are now 62-63 when you make CA and get to sit reserve again. But then again we are talking about pilots and they don't always make the best choices.
yip is correct... flying airplanes is pretty easy and there is no need for any form of a degree for that job.
Now if you wanted a vetting process then make passing calculus a requirement for an ATP.
That will reduce the number of pilots pretty darn quick and drive up wages. Not that it's necessary but it would reduce the number of idiots in the field
yip is correct... flying airplanes is pretty easy and there is no need for any form of a degree for that job.
Now if you wanted a vetting process then make passing calculus a requirement for an ATP.
That will reduce the number of pilots pretty darn quick and drive up wages. Not that it's necessary but it would reduce the number of idiots in the field
A lot of good prep high schools, like my son's, teach this. so college has nothing to do with Calculus
Never did calculus and never lost any sleep over it. If you can do a 3/1 ratio descent in your head that's about the highest math needed to be a pilot.
From looking at logbooks I'd suggest English 101 instead.
I have never said there will be pilot shortage since Avbug corrected me. What I have said since 2007, is that there will a hiring boom because filling the good jobs (whatever that may be?) will draw pilots from the not so good jobs, and then from the bad jobs, and then from the worst jobs
