Just wait till they start this over here!

[GogglesPisano]

8 hr all the signs are there, shortage on the entry level, recalls accelerating, decrease in certificates being issued, worldwide shortage, bankrupt airlines emerging for bankruptcy, and the number of jobs being posted on the job sites that have minimumal qualifications.

I noticed you failed to mention increasing pay. When pay goes up -- especially at the regionals -- then there will be evidence of a true shortage. Simple economics.

 

[Palerider957]

My friend, Karl Marx is dead AND wrong.

 

[AWACoff]

Siucavflight,
The source for my quote was the original post that this entire thread is based upon.

 

[pilotyip]

Goggles, the pay increases have already started, look at Pinnacle they now pay during training and provide hotel rooms, this is something they did not do last year. Pressure on entry-level employers will increase, as it becomes no longer possible to redefine competitive hiring minimums any lower. It is small start, but all changes start as small steps. We raised our entry-level pay from $22K in 1999 to $36K in 2004. It works

 

[jeroom]

They already have started this over in the U.S.A. It's called affirmative action.

No... It's called Embry-Riddle...

 

[pdub20s]

Airbill is right. I remember when i was in college at Mt.Sac and the head of the Aviation dept. said that back in the 60s when the airline industry was booming ...airline HR folks use to come into class and give students interviews and jobs w/ them before they even finished school. Im not sure it happened in that "fashion"..but none the less..we were doing this sort of thing first.

 

[AirBill]

I think this scenario (versus the USA, and our kick-ass regional pay) clearly shows what a mistake deregulation was in this country. If the routes were still regulated, or if we had one or two big NATIONALLY OWNED airlines, as some other countries do, we'd all still be making money.

Of course, less than half of us would have a job. But hey, since we're not living in the real world, who cares?

Anyone who wishes that deregulation would not have happened ought to be willing to give up their own job.