Growing Pilot Shortage

[pilotyip]

One of our pilots related this story. While getting his medical, he is talking to another pilot who is there getting a 1st Class medical. The guy is 63 years old, last week he applied at Skywest. He interviewed two days later and starts on Monday as a CRJ F/O. He was leaving the Med-E-Vac business and had no 121 experience.

 

[bafanguy]

According to a breakdown from ALPA, Delta hired a 61y/o guy recently (I don't understand it either). Delta isn't having any trouble finding eager applicants with more time of useful consciousness.

I don't know anyone who can get the inside scoop on this.

 

[DieselDragRacer]

One of our pilots related this story. While getting his medical, he is talking to another pilot who is there getting a 1st Class medical. The guy is 63 years old, last week he applied at Skywest. He interviewed two days later and starts on Monday as a CRJ F/O. He was leaving the Med-E-Vac business and had no 121 experience.

Curious why anyone would go Medivac to CRJ at that age and experience level?

 

[pilotyip]

Curious why anyone would go Medivac to CRJ at that age and experience level?

Because he can?, bucket list thing be a real airline pilot? something to do in his free time now that he is retired?

BTW: Interesting I posted this on the other place at the same time, over there this has over 3000 views and 100 responses as opposed to 35 views and 2 post here. Kinda fits in with the dead board posts we are seeing.

 

[crowbar]

Because he can?, bucket list thing be a real airline pilot? something to do in his free time now that he is retired?

BTW: Interesting I posted this on the other place at the same time, over there this has over 3000 views and 100 responses as opposed to 35 views and 2 post here. Kinda fits in with the dead board posts we are seeing.

What other site?

 

[pilotyip]

What other site?

You don't know about P P W ?

 

[1903flyer]

What other site?

You don't know about P P W ?

P P W = www.propilotworld.com

 

[bafanguy]

Pilot shortage update:

The author says airlines can no longer afford to "insult" their pilots due to the shortage.

Have airlines gotten this news ?


https://aircargoeye.com/why-airlines-can-no-longer-afford-to-insult-their-pilots/

 

[bafanguy]

Article from what appears to be a British employee benefits firm. Deals more with that side as a way to address the "shortage".


https://www.marsh.com/content/dam/marsh/Documents/PDF/UK-en/Overcoming the Pilot Shortage.pdf

 

[pilotyip]

Article from what appears to be a British employee benefits firm. Deals more with that side as a way to address the "shortage".


https://www.marsh.com/content/dam/marsh/Documents/PDF/UK-en/Overcoming the Pilot Shortage.pdf

Great articles, just saw that ABX went on strike this morning, putting a bind on Amazon as the peak shipping season approaches. And to think when I left the active Navy, I could not even get a response from a major because I was over 30 years old. Oh! to be 33 again and leaving active duty with 1600 hours in the P-3. As stated many times this career is all about timing and luck.

 

[atpcliff]

According to a breakdown from ALPA, Delta hired a 61y/o guy recently (I don't understand it either). Delta isn't having any trouble finding eager applicants with more time of useful consciousness.

I don't know anyone who can get the inside scoop on this.

Delta was having no-shows for class, and new hires leaving during class, earlier this year...as was FedEx, SWA, and Hawaiian.

 

[bafanguy]

Delta was having no-shows for class, and new hires leaving during class, earlier this year...

atpcliff,

That's what I heard also. The SVP, Flt Ops, even commented on it in a weekly update but said the numbers were not beyond "usual attrition" or words to that effect...kind of downplayed the issue. Hard to say.

It also works the other way with a few coming from the likes of UAL, etc., TO Delta. I'm familiar with a couple of those.

Times are very different. I personally took friends' apps in for review by the guy who was then head of pilot hiring in the early-mid 70s. They were furloughed from UAL/TWA but DL wouldn't touch them because they "belonged" to another carrier !! They would gladly have resigned their seniority number but DL wouldn't consider them.

Frankly, it's better now that people have the potential to make choices.

 

[pilotyip]

Wow maybe there is still life at FI, a whole thread on an aviation topic.

 

[bafanguy]

Wow...a whole thread on an aviation topic.

yip,

Why not...the price is right !

You probably don't really want to get me going on the matter of pilot hiring.

 

[pilotyip]

You probably don't really want to get me going on the matter of pilot hiring.

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