Airlines Cut Minimum Pilot Experience to 500 hours and Below

On 2007-11-27 21:48:35 -0800, "Morgans" said:


"C J Campbell" wrote

There are no new pilots without flight instructors. But airlines are
grabbing flight instructors before they have been working for two years,
so the pool of flight instructors is shrinking very rapidly. It has become
so bad that places like Embry-Riddle have been offering huge incentives
for instructors to stay beyond their 600 hour commitment. Those who are
willing to stay are given a salary of $42,000 a year plus a full benefits
package.

Although this sounds like a big improvement, and it probably is, the sad
thing is that 42 thou. is what they should have been making, in the first
place.

I know, supply demand, yada, yada, yada... All I am saying is that this
amount of pay should be expected for a person doing a demanding, highly
skilled job, and to have enough money to have a family and a nice house, and
a decent standard of living. Even then, it sure is not going to be a
luxurious standard of living, at that pay level.

It all boils down to the fact that flying is such a cool job for so many
people, that they are willing to work for lower pay, just to do the job.

Can't argue with you there. At least, people should be paying *me* a
lot more than they do. :-)
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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor