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JetBlue Shakes Up Pilot Hiring by Training Them from Scratch
- a3n 11y agoI suppose the pilot union's objection is that this will somehow lead to a lower tier pay for incoming pilots. Would experienced developers have similar objections, if their companies proposed essentially running their own code academies?
- karmacondon 11y agoI understand the concern, but I'm not sure if that's a fair comparison. It would be like tech companies going from "We're only going to hire people who have master's degrees in computer science" to "We'll experiment with training programs for people who just have bachelor's degrees in related fields" It might indeed lower pay for the people who have the most experience, but probably not by much. It's hard to believe that it will be a net negative for the company or its customers.
- 1945 11y agoThat's terrifying.
- throwaway_exer 11y agoIt's a really bad article: * did not say who's paying for the training * number of hours required for ATP is less than 1,500 for certain structured training programs * there definitely is and will be a shortage of ATPs who are willing to be paid at regional rates of $18k-$25k under the new knee-jerk regulations * other airlines are already offering school loan "forgiveness" for new hires
- TheSpiceIsLife 11y agoLast sentence, third to last paragraph: Prospective pilots would pay for their own training.
- fit2rule 11y agoThere are already too many commercial pilots in the world, and almost all of them are captive to the need to maintain their flight books by .. flying often. This has been a common problem for decades now - too many pilots, not enough planes for them to fly. So what has happened is those who own and operate the planes have a glut on their hands. They can choose the cheapest pilots available, and keep them flying for cheap, simply because there are 10 more pilots out there willing to fly just to maintain their certs. The same is happening in software development. There are too many cheap developers out there, willing to write software for beans, and thus producing crappy software is the norm. Nobody wants to pay to do software 'properly' these days - they want it down 'now'. Knowing that there are 100 developers out there willing to work for peanuts, for every developer who expects to get paid properly for doing the really hard work first, means that customers of software development have a glut on their hands too. Its a buyers market, simple.
- brbsix 11y agoAt least from what little is mentioned (and what very little I know on the subject), this sounds like a terrible way to become a commercial pilot. If you can't go a more traditional route like military or Embry-Riddle, it seems like an airline in the developing world would by far be the most fun. I think Susi Air was hiring/training foreign pilots with little to no prior experience, though due to new legislation I believe there is now a 250hr requirement. Edit: I double-checked and there is now a 750hr requirement for foreign pilots. What a bummer as there used to be opportunities for 0hr's in Indo.