SJS - The Career Killer (tv spot)

[TonyC]

P.S.--It's ok to use Viagra. I do. Some times she wants it more than three times an hour...

That's an average of only 20 minutes per ... epidsode.


and that's a different dysfunction.



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[414Flyer]

Nice job.


A few suggestions before it goes to syndication. First, lose Sally and cast a fairer face like Terri Hatcher.

Yeah, Sally would steal whatever food the starving CFI was able to afford. Hope she likes beans and ramen.

 

[$$$4nothin]

I would pay

We should start a fund raiser to get this posted next to all the Delta connection acadamy ads in all the aopa and flight training magazines. I would pay to see that. If somebody started the fund and get that published.

 

[Almerick07]

Freight should be on the checklist of a civilian flight career. CFI to carrying 100 other lives is just quite a jump to make no matter what you're flying. Not to mention that first year at a regional is probational....not too sure but screwing up and getting fired from an airline doesnt look like a recipe for a magical career. Just my opinion....GOOOO Airnet.

 

[Sam Snead]

If hiring CFIs into Regional Jets is the problem, I see solutions.

First, raise minimums to something like 1500 and 500. This may force the CFIs into some sort of job other than bugsmashing in a 172.

Second, do a thorough sim check at the interview. Not just an ILS.

Third, ensure training at the airline is rigorous. Wash out those people who can't fly. Don't hand hold the guys and gals who can't hack 160 knots on a circle-to-land. (please don't flame me if that isn't the exact speed for an RJ). Don't give three, four "re-trainings" to squeeze people through.

The problem is that regional airlines raise and lower minimums to meet interview quotas. They figure that they'll hire a certain percentage of interviewees, and if they have classes to fill they will lower their minimums, then interview enough wannabes, including those CFIs with 747s dancing in their heads, to fill their classes. Simple.

 

[Goose Egg]

Sally: "Do YOU know someone who is a victim of SJS? Watch for these warning signs! "

• Do you know a CFI who has applied at Mesa or Boston/Maine?
• Do you know a CFI who is burned out after 6 weeks of instructing?
• Do you know a student pilot who has answered an flight school ad for "guaranteed interview with our regional airline partner"?
• Do you know a pilot who has purchased a CRJ type-rating?
• Do you know a regional-jet pilot who has purchase a 737 type-rating?
• Do you know an airline pilot who has taken concessions in order to allow their company to purchase larger airplanes?
• Do you know a pilot who believes that AirTran and Jetblue are the "majors" they've wanted to work for for "their whole lives"?
• Do you know any member of the RJDC who STILL BELIEVES that mainline pilots are hurting their career expectations?
• Do you know any airline pilots who refuse to dress in their uniform as specified by their SOP because "if they wanted me to dress better, they'd pay me better"?
• Do you know any airline pilots who carry their hats for 4-days without ever putting it on their head?
• Do you know any airline pilots who wear a backpack rather than carry adult-luggage?
• Have you flown with copilots who say, "I cant believe they pay us to do this!!"?
• Do you know any individual whose first "real" job involved carrying 50-90 people in the back of a jetliner?
• Do you know any regional jet pilot who drops the "Express" or "Connection" portion of their airline name while using their profession to attempt to pick up women in a bar?

Yes to one. What's wrong with JetBlue? (Although a job with a "major" I could take or leave.)


-Goose

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I think he meant that a lot of these younger fellas have a different sort of idea about what makes a "career airline".

If they're so young, and advanced so quickly in aviation, that they wanted to work "their whole life" for Jetblue or Airtran, perhaps they dont have the life experience required to make educated decisions.

I dont think he meant there was anything wrong with Jetblue specifically.

 

[knowlimits]

Thanks for the laugh, Bender.

 

[BenderGonzales]

I'm just surprised that the "backpack" crowd isn't banging down the door with torches and spears!

 

[Bankangle]

I understand work ethic, believe me, that's why I am currently working as a line attendant at the FBO where I am taking flight lessons.

I break my back trying to get the $$$ to do what I really want which is obviously to fly.

I don't relish the job I have now at all, in fact, the only reason I still get up and do it is that I get to work with the planes and talk to the pilots and generally be a part of the community.

Maybe your right though, in the fact that denying ones true desires creates a stronger bond once the desire has been attained.

I can only agree with this though because right now, after I get home and shower off the smell of jet fuel I can go to bed with the knowledge that I am one step closer to doing what I want.

I hope that having to "pay my dues" truly will one day make me a better pilot, because if it does my time spent in purgatory will have all been worth it.

P.S. Yep, you caught me, I got a real bad case of SCS.

Stick with it. I did the ramp/flightline for years. One of the best ways to get started in this career and in my opinion probably the most rewarding.. You can trully say that you have been in everyones shoes involved with the operation. From tasting glycol during deiciing in a blowing snow storm to getting dumped on from a failed dougnut plug on a lav service or handling angry pax for what ever reason..I've done it. Flying a heavy now and on long flights when I reflect upon the past, I will smile knowing that I trully have made it to the top from the very bottom.

Also the ones that have been there will back me up on this... doing the commuter/turboprop thing, 8hrs/day 8-10 legs a day, no autopilot or moving map or efis... to challenging destinations with unpredictable wx.. Sets a foundation for your career that is unparalleled.

P.S.
We use to walk to work uphill in 3ft of snow also

Best of Luck