WOW, 10,000 NEW jobs this year!!!!

[pilotyip]

Sameold you paraphrased that is not fair, again your skill is showing and not your knowledge. The skill is universal, high school drops outs can fly airplanes, Phd's can fly airplanes, and only thing needed beside skill is desire. I really want to thank you for the reality post, if pilots are discouraged from applying at USA Jet because your post then you have done us a favor. We do everything we can during the application and interview process to eliminate pilots, who are afraid of J-Bars. So far we seem be doing pretty good in eliminating pilots who demonstrate the sameold stuff and we have the next two classes in the pool already. BTW, if it is so bad why is no one going anywhere?

 

[atlcrashpad]

Kit Darby is a PUTZ.

 

[atlcrashpad]

FN,

Yo Avtar is Sweeeeet. I luvs da Jewish chicks wif da machine gunz.

 

[DwayneWorthless]

Hey, Kit and I are Buddies. You guys mark our words, there are upwards of 10,000 jobs coming in the near future. Pay your DUES.

 

[pipejockey]

The skill is universal, high school drops outs can fly airplanes, Phd's can fly airplanes, and only thing needed beside skill is desire.

Drop outs can also be accountants, real estate agents, Train engineers, General Contractors, all of whom earn more than the vast majority of pilots. If you are going to tell me no, that you must have a degree for some of the professions I would ask you how many major Airline Pilots have 4 year degrees? You know that over 90% do. So why shouldn't we be paid accordingly?

All a drop out needs to do is get a GED, enroll in a local college for 2 years, get decent grades, then go to most any 4 year college of his choice. It's all about your level of desire. Those professions I listed need no more knowledge of their profession than a pilot does, yet you seem to place them on a higher plain than us lowly pilots who are a dime a dozen.

 

[pilotyip]

Pipe don't get started on the college degree thing, most pilot have degrees because most people have degrees. You can not be knowledge worker as defined by the dept of labor without advanced academic learning; you can be skilled worker by developing skill in a trade, like operating precision equipment. No formal advanced academic learning is required. You have college degree your skills are interchangeable with a non-degreed pilot.

 

[PHXFLYR]

The majors don't pay 40K; they still pay fantastic wages, only on a pilot board would $150K/yr be looked at as a poverty wage. It is still a great career for those who elect to pursue a career flying airplanes.

Fantastic wages and flying out of YIP. Now there's an oxymoron if I ever heard one!

PHXFLYR

 

[PHXFLYR]

Sameold you paraphrased that is not fair, again your skill is showing and not your knowledge. The skill is universal, high school drops outs can fly airplanes, Phd's can fly airplanes, and only thing needed beside skill is desire. I really want to thank you for the reality post, if pilots are discouraged from applying at USA Jet because your post then you have done us a favor. We do everything we can during the application and interview process to eliminate pilots, who are afraid of J-Bars. So far we seem be doing pretty good in eliminating pilots who demonstrate the sameold stuff and we have the next two classes in the pool already. BTW, if it is so bad why is no one going anywhere?

Probably because they have skeletons in there closets???


PHXFLYR

 

[Sameold]

I am happy to see pilotyip that in your response to me you found out EXACTLY why I chose the name sameold.

I would not try to disuade someone from coming to work (the search function on this board will), especially if they say the other choice is an RJ operator. You know me better than that!

 

[Sameold]

Probably because they have skeletons in there closets???

There are a lot if good people in YIP! Pilotyip is actually one of them. Your statement/assessment is inaccurate. People have time and seniority invested, it is a hard thing to trade off and try something new in this pilot employment market. Look at every job you take as a career! Make where you are the best it can be, not run off at the slightest discomfort.

 

[sleddriver77]

Kit Darby is a PUTZ.

Just for sh!tz and grins, I went to one of his intro seminars at Oshkosh last summer. Bumped into a couple of other regional/major guys who were there for the same reason. We sat in the back of the tent, trying to contain our giggling at some of the stuff he said. The starry-eyed 17yr olds in the front of the class were soiling the front of their trousers as he spewed his skewed statistics... Reminded me of the first words in my stats textbook in college (And I quote, save for the intentional mispelling to prevent the GLORIOUS flightinfo censoring bullsh1T)

There are only two types of statistics; lies and DAMMED lies.

Obviously, he did pretty well in Statistics.

 

[flagtie]

forget it.

 

[N590MA]

I've been a turbo prop FO at xj for over 5yrs now, I managed to make captain for 4 months before being downgraded. I made just under 40k in 2005, that is the most I've made here yet. According to the B.S. I've read in this thread I should be making 70K a year now as an FO. Instead, I will still be making less 40k. So when am I done paying my dues as one of you said? My sorry excuse of an airline will be furloughing approx. 120 pilots in jan. & Feb. When they call them back are you going to count them as part of the 10,000? Don't believe all of sh@t that airinc. publishes.