Pilot shortage Myth. 7000 apps for 600 slots at DL

[BILL LUMBERG]

My BMI is a lot lower than when I was in the rat race in the US, so is my cholesterol, uric acid, I am healthier now than I was when I was in college...! The food that you are exposed too while flying on the US is as unhealthy as it gets.....!

Thanks Jillian Micheals......we appreciate the lesson.

 

[waveflyer]

You're such a hater Bill
Can't take one ounce of criticism, never mind that he has a really valid point-
The mass produced food in the US is awful for us-
Better than starving- but not good

 

[General Lee]

You're such a hater Bill
Can't take one ounce of criticism, never mind that he has a really valid point-
The mass produced food in the US is awful for us-
Better than starving- but not good

Come on Wave, you know big Pharma will save us all eventually....

Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

For once I agree with everything Wave says GL.....maybe I should unblock him. =)

He's right, the hormone pump em, gut em, serve it up fast way we serve food here is our downfall. As I walk around France or China, I see smokes are gonna get them too. Sad.......

 

[Dan Roman]

Friend of mine went to fly there and 2 years later he had health issues and spend most of his savings in order to get his health back on medical bills.


so there you have it Expats,,,,,,

Go make more cash and lose your health


no thanks

Dude, you have come up with some pretty loony stuff on here, but I think this one takes the cake! You need to get the word out that world travel is dangerous and people need to stay home and eat American fast food!

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Dude, you have come up with some pretty loony stuff on here, but I think this one takes the cake! You need to get the word out that world travel is dangerous and people need to stay home and eat American fast food!

No, that pretty much is in line with the rest of the nonsense he posts...!

 

[sniper]

No, that pretty much is in line with the rest of the nonsense he posts...!

Is your Avitar pretty much describing your personaaaaa

Dumb pilot...i guess you know yourself better than we can describe you


no jobs for expats from the ME at DL


the recruiters are listening finally



FT3

 

[sniper]

Dude, you have come up with some pretty loony stuff on here, but I think this one takes the cake! You need to get the word out that world travel is dangerous and people need to stay home and eat American fast food![/QUOT







It is true...

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Yeah...! I'm sure that your deep fried eats at the dumps you hang out in de toilet are so healthy..., LOL!

 

[densoo]

Pilots pass up $225,000 bonuses

An extra $225,000 is apparently not enough to keep a fighter pilot in the Air Force.

In June, the Air Force announced a $225,000 bonus for eligible fighter pilots in exchange for a nine-year commitment. However, pilots are not taking the service up on the offer because of reduced flying hours caused by budget cuts, acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning said.

"If you're not flying your F-22 because it's grounded, you might as well go fly something else," Fanning said.

Just a few pilots have applied for the bonus, Fanning said. The Air Force could not immediately provide a specific number.

The Air Force cannot compete with increasingly lucrative offers from the private sector, Fanning said. Private airlines are facing a large number of retirements in their pilot ranks and are going after Air Force pilots to fill their cockpits. That, combined with recent groundings of Air Force squadrons and fiscal uncertainty, is making it difficult to get long-term commitments from pilots in exchange for the bonus.

"They aren't taking it because they aren?t flying," Fanning said. "They don't know what their future is."

Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Nov. 7 that pilots had told him they were "bored" because their squadrons were not flying.

"That doesn?t mean they're planning to leave the Air Force, but it certainly means they are keeping their options open, at a minimum," he said.

Welsh said enlisted airmen have told him they plan to find work that is "a little more exciting" because their squadrons weren't flying.

In fiscal 2013, the Air Force was forced to ground 13 combat squadrons because of the budget shortfall under sequestration, with additional squadrons forced to fly at a rate of reduced readiness. If the budget cuts continue, the Air Force will be forced to ground more squadrons in both fiscal 2014 and 2015, Fanning said. The service also would be forced to cut 25,000 airmen and more than 500 aircraft over the next five years, with most of the cuts coming sooner rather than later.

"It's going to take five years to dig out of this," Fanning said Nov. 14 at the Defense One summit in Washington, D.C.

In June, the Air Force announced that 250 fighter pilots were eligible for the bonus. Pilots can take half the money up front in a lump sum of $112,500, minus taxes, with the rest being paid out over the nine years of the contract.

Previously, pilots could only sign up for five-year contracts with bonuses of $25,000 per year.

Pilots had until Oct. 31, the end of fiscal 2013, to decide. The Air Force had hoped that 162 pilots would take the offer, which would cost the service $36.7 million, with an initial payout of $18.3 million.

The Air Force had noticed a projected shortage of pilots, Lt. Col. Kurt Konopatzke, chief of rated force policy, said when the bonus was announced.

"As we started looking at the data through FY 13 and in the out years, we realized that the shortage hasn't gone away, and as a matter of fact, as we look at our projections, we think that shortage is going to continue for the next several years," he said.

http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20131114/BENEFITS02/311140038/Pilots-pass-up-225-000-bonuses