(qualified?) pilot shortage round 2? MPL

[jmreii]

The fastest way to destroy an industry is through too much regulation and legislation. We are headed that way now, full speed ahead!

 

[B-atch]

..Just one step closer to UN-MANNED!!
Time to invent the next NEW thing...This Job is no longer a profession....

 

[instructordude]

MPL is not end of the world but a great way for some of our struggling employers to meet costs and fill seats. There will always be the $100K desirable jobs out there. The MPL is not going to take them away but actually might shift more money over to the left seat.

At the end of the day we need to give our employers the tools, think MPL, to survive in this cruel industry. Look at what happened to Hostess. Didn't work out to well for those union guys. Lets not shoot down the MPL so quickly.

 

[livin'thesim]

Why would they bother going unmanned when they can pay McDonald's assistant manager wages to an ab-initio MPL holder?

It will be cheaper to go with one or two guys who basically taxi the airplane and hit a button rather than go fully unmanned in passenger operations.

The idea of an unmanned 121 aircraft strains credibility, mostly because once the job becomes that commoditized, you could hire a non-pilot, train him how to run a few checklists, and teach him how to taxi.

Put him in epaulettes and presto - the public thinks there is a real crewmember up front.

This will yield a competitive advantage over carriers that might try to go unmanned "Look, at XYZ Airways, we still have a pilot on board as a safety backup, unlike our competition".

Essentially, the "pilot" will be the new lead flight attendant, will sit in the cockpit, taxi the airplane and throw whatever backup switches that are too challenging to automate.

 

[livin'thesim]

And let's not forget that they have been promising flying cars and all sorts of technological miracles for decades now, but we still dig a lot of holes with shovels.

The jump from unmanned drone to unmanned airliner is a far larger technological leap that some people realize.

It will be cheaper to pay some dumba** a few bucks an hour to taxi around than it would be to design an automated system that can handle 30 airplanes taxiing around JFK on a rainy night.

Ground ops alone makes a strong argument for having a tiller and a live person.

 

[B-atch]

I'm getting my Tug-Boat Capt. License... Now those boys still make the BIG BUCKS. And no body messes with the port hands...They have TRUE unions..
Career change anyone??

 

[nwaf16dude]

Was there an MPL on that flight?

No MPL, but the FO in question was an Air France Ab Initio type...i.e. he was trained from the start by Air France. No previous pilot exp prior to hire.*

*disclaimer...I read that on the internet, so it has to be true

 

[HA25]

All part of the coming hiring boom that started this year. Oh to be 33 years old again coming out of the Navy

give it a break man.... there is NO SHORTAGE of pilots that will apply and fill seats at the 6 legacy airlines, Fedex, UPS or Southwest...

$24/hr RJ's?? that's another story.

 

[Andy]

No MPL, but the FO in question was an Air France Ab Initio type...i.e. he was trained from the start by Air France. No previous pilot exp prior to hire.*

*disclaimer...I read that on the internet, so it has to be true

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...lantic-Ocean-Air-France-crash-killed-228.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-words-plane-crashes-sea-I-dont-control.html

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

You are one funny MOFO!

MPL is not end of the world but a great way for some of our struggling employers to meet costs and fill seats. There will always be the $100K desirable jobs out there. The MPL is not going to take them away but actually might shift more money over to the left seat.

At the end of the day we need to give our employers the tools, think MPL, to survive in this cruel industry. Look at what happened to Hostess. Didn't work out to well for those union guys. Lets not shoot down the MPL so quickly.