May issue of Plane and Pilot has an article titled "Is Now The Time To Prepare For An Airline Job?"
As usual it was pretty much a "glass half full" scenario presented by the usual participants: Air, Inc., Mesa Airlines Pilot Development, Pan Am International Flight Academy. Much of the article was about the current increase in hiring, at least at the regional level, and spelled a bright future for that to continue.
There were a couple of quotes that caught my eye and I thought I'd pass them along here for amusement and/or comments.
The first "hot quote" was in a paragraph talking about the majors, saying that America West and Southwest are the only majors currently hiring (Alaska accepting resumes) and that Delta, American, Continental, Northwest and United still have thousands on furlough. Here's the best part and I'll quote:
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A number of companies have been forced to cut pilot pay, some by as many (sic) as 30%. But it isn't as bad as it sounds.
"Existing airline pilots are crying poor, but it's only because they went from making $200,000 a year to $150,000 a year, and there are so many other benefits to the job. There's no other place that offers such benefits as plenty of time off, flexibility, income and retirement," explains Darby.
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Consider the source, I guess.
And here's the other one that caught my eye. I know there's a lot of pro and con Riddle opinions around, so I thought this interesting:
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"Recruiting is up a bit. I think we've bottomed out as far as that goes, but retention is another issue," says Ted Beneight, professor of aero-nautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. "One of our biggest concerns is students who move to non-aeronautical science majors to gain the option of doing their flight training off campus. The students will still be able to show an Embry-Riddle degree to future bosses, even though their flight training would not have been as rigorous as ours. The university, the students and their parents know that the quality of outside training isn't as good, but with the negative press, the students and their parents simply aren't willing to spend the extra dollars for the flight training at Embry-Riddle."
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As usual it was pretty much a "glass half full" scenario presented by the usual participants: Air, Inc., Mesa Airlines Pilot Development, Pan Am International Flight Academy. Much of the article was about the current increase in hiring, at least at the regional level, and spelled a bright future for that to continue.
There were a couple of quotes that caught my eye and I thought I'd pass them along here for amusement and/or comments.
The first "hot quote" was in a paragraph talking about the majors, saying that America West and Southwest are the only majors currently hiring (Alaska accepting resumes) and that Delta, American, Continental, Northwest and United still have thousands on furlough. Here's the best part and I'll quote:
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A number of companies have been forced to cut pilot pay, some by as many (sic) as 30%. But it isn't as bad as it sounds.
"Existing airline pilots are crying poor, but it's only because they went from making $200,000 a year to $150,000 a year, and there are so many other benefits to the job. There's no other place that offers such benefits as plenty of time off, flexibility, income and retirement," explains Darby.
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Consider the source, I guess.
And here's the other one that caught my eye. I know there's a lot of pro and con Riddle opinions around, so I thought this interesting:
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"Recruiting is up a bit. I think we've bottomed out as far as that goes, but retention is another issue," says Ted Beneight, professor of aero-nautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. "One of our biggest concerns is students who move to non-aeronautical science majors to gain the option of doing their flight training off campus. The students will still be able to show an Embry-Riddle degree to future bosses, even though their flight training would not have been as rigorous as ours. The university, the students and their parents know that the quality of outside training isn't as good, but with the negative press, the students and their parents simply aren't willing to spend the extra dollars for the flight training at Embry-Riddle."
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