Airlines Cut Minimum Pilot Experience to 500 hours and Below

Tina wrote in news:338f3c9f-09e4-422c-a9f3-
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Spend time looking for a good candidate in a random group rather than
from a group that is otherwise prequalified would be likely be
neither prudent nor profitable.

That is not to say the occasional street urchin can't be a real gem,
but that's not the way to place your bet. And by the way, hiring
someone is always a bet, and at the professional levels, a big one. In
my business an underperforming post doc carries a significant out of
pocket cost, and the lost opportunity costs are even higher. In a
moderately high tech company like the one my husband owns, he figures
hiring a new engineer will cost him a three to five man-months of
labor, including support and supervisory time, before his technology
manager will be sure the new hire can really make significant
contributions.


Wow, I would imagine those guys could just walk right in and start
soldering. But we take about three months to become productive just
changing types, so I suppose it;s the same thng, really.


Bertie

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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Matt W. Barrow wrote:


Of course, you can go to the Cheyenne public pools and see 300 lb gals in
spandex as a substitute for whale watching .

I can see that everywhere!

The "belly" shirt is not for everyone... G

"Belly shirts" are one place the minimalist approach is appropriate.

--
Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC.
Cheyenne, WY

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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Matt W. Barrow wrote:


Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not allow
unions and their employees are at the top in terms of production and
compensation and their futures look bright compared to GM, Ford and
Chrysler who are at death's door.


Toyota deals with unions.

My Toyota Tacoma is built by UAW represented employees in California, in
the same plant as the Pontiac Vibe and some Corollas.

http://www.nummi.com/

The brand-new Tundra plant in Texas is also UAW.

Oh! I was thinking of the Camry shops in Kentucky. last I heard, those
plants employees voted to keep the unions out.

The truck divisions are, IIRC, a completely separate division. Since the
Toyota trucks command a significant price premium, it stands to reason that
they could afford a union, especially a local that's much more cooperative.

I can imagine that a TRUCK plant would be union. :~)

B A R R Y wrote:
Matt W. Barrow wrote:



Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not
allow unions


It's not their decision to make.

Matt claims to employ a thousand people, but his knowledge of domestic
labor laws is questionable. He must be doing something else very right
to be successful.


On Nov 29, 6:21 pm, Newps wrote:
B A R R Y wrote:

Matt W. Barrow wrote:

Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not
allow unions

It's not their decision to make.

Newps wrote:
Matt W. Barrow wrote:
Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not
allow unions

It's not their decision to make.

I think he means that they employ legal means (such as paying union scale
wages) to reduce incentive of employees to unionize. They also locate
plants where the work population has few ties or historical interest in
unionizing. The results, such as they are, speak for themselves.

By the way, as a self-employed business-person I do not get _any_ benefits
that unions have allegedly fought for and "won".

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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Newps wrote:
Matt W. Barrow wrote:
Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not
allow unions

It's not their decision to make.

I think he means that they employ legal means (such as paying union scale
wages) to reduce incentive of employees to unionize. They also locate
plants where the work population has few ties or historical interest in
unionizing. The results, such as they are, speak for themselves.

Exactly. Furthermore, corporations CAN ignore and even, IIRC, "decertify" a
union. It hasn't been done in a LONGGG time, but it can be.


By the way, as a self-employed business-person I do not get _any_ benefits
that unions have allegedly fought for and "won".

Quite!

And when I do RFP's, those union shops that do respond better not have
idiotic work rules.

To say one type of economy is better than another is largely
philosophical issue.

This is the only thing in your post I don't think is right.

In my experience it was a very practical issue. The communist
countries I visited had completely fake economies on the surface --
nothing was available, nothing worked, and the lack of trust between
human beings led to medium grade, simmering, misantrhopy.

Okay, okay. Waaaay off topic.

Matt W. Barrow writes:

They can refuse to recognize (or whatever the legal term is) them.

They don't have to "recognize" them. Once they are there, they are there,
"recognition" or not.

Newps wrote:


B A R R Y wrote:
Matt W. Barrow wrote:



Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not
allow unions


It's not their decision to make.


_I_ didn't say that. G