Growing worldwide pilot shortage

[bizicmo]

Look at the add on this site for ATP flight instructors. They are offering $500 signing bonus plus $2000 a month salary. I know its not anything great but I know for a fact 2 years ago there was no signing bonus and the salary was $1000 a month. The crunch is starting to happen at the bottom and will hopefully work its way up.
At CommutAir the the last couple of new hire class have been really small due to lack of people. There is now a $500 referral bonus. The rumor was we had a class where they wanted 20 people, offer letters to 18, 6 showed up and 2 left during ground school. I think the most recent class they wanted to hire 4, so the gameplan was to interview 10 and offer employment to 8 thinking half won't show up. Well they only manage 4 interviews all were hired.

 

[barclay10]

You guys are so lucky to American.

I'm Canadian, and have an FAA CPL AMEL, Instrument, in addition to Canadian licenses.

It's tough in Canada if you're low time -and these are "good times". We just don't have the same market dynamics that the US does.

What I would give to be an American right now.


Anyone hiring FAA license holders in the Caribbean or elsewhere.

 

[SPilot]

What I would give to be an American right now.

Dude, go and marry some 350lbs woman with a need for some love! Two-three years of hell is all it takes to become American.

 

[jmreii]

You guys are so lucky to American.

I'm Canadian, and have an FAA CPL AMEL, Instrument, in addition to Canadian licenses.

It's tough in Canada if you're low time -and these are "good times". We just don't have the same market dynamics that the US does.

What I would give to be an American right now.


Anyone hiring FAA license holders in the Caribbean or elsewhere.

Make sure that 350 pounder has money, because you will starve with the wages some of these companies pay

 

[barclay10]

Hahaha,

Already married...

I'm fortunate that I'm in a financial position that I can afford to work for peanuts and not have to rely on aviation to support myself.

In some countries you can buy citizenship... you can do that in the US, sorta, but you need to create jobs and invest $1,000,000 or something.

 

[SPilot]

Hahaha,

Already married...

I'm fortunate that I'm in a financial position that I can afford to work for peanuts and not have to rely on aviation to support myself.

In some countries you can buy citizenship... you can do that in the US, sorta, but you need to create jobs and invest $1,000,000 or something.

You can buy it for a lot less than that. I've spent about $25,000.

 

[barclay10]

It cost you $25,000 to get a Green Card???

 

[Vspeeds]

Biggins'

Dude, go and marry some 350lbs woman with a need for some love! Two-three years of hell is all it takes to become American.

Good One, dude.....plus Big Girls Need Lovin' too!!!!