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United CEO warns of possible pilot shortage
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said on Sunday that the U.S. could face a possible pilot shortage. During an interview with "Axios on HBO," Kirby said the United States could face the shortage because the military is not producing as many pilots as it did previously. (thehill.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Aviation School is more worried about colour and gender instead of picking good pilots. Not saying their decision for keeping complaining groups off their backs, but are good potential pilots being turned away because of social equality? Safety is more important.
If they would offer to pay for flight school cost if a student successfully graduates, Then I would sign up for the job. I already have 2 degrees and Love Flying! I wouldn't be complaining about getting paid $40k-$50k a year to do something I love, since I am already comfortable, financially.
Perhaps he should lead by example and resign his post so as to allow some minority to take over the lead of this brave new airline of color.
He conveniently fails to mention the large drop in civilian trained pilots as well, a big factor being the upfront cost as well as the low starting pay particularly at the regionals. Which is ironic because while regional airline pay was never that great, it's major airline managers like Kirby who kept it low by "whipsawing" companies against each other by giving valuable feed to the lowest bidder(s), which forced companies to keep costs rock bottom in order to compete.
There's been some improvement over the last few years, but when you tell people they're gonna shell out well over $100k in flight training and education costs for a chance at a job that pays $40-50k a year to start you're not gonna get a lot of takers beyond those who only dream of being pilots.
There's been some improvement over the last few years, but when you tell people they're gonna shell out well over $100k in flight training and education costs for a chance at a job that pays $40-50k a year to start you're not gonna get a lot of takers beyond those who only dream of being pilots.
I wonder why United would go about opening their own flight school vs. just buying one that already exists and modifying to their desires? I.e. many flight schools (vs. just military aka tax payer trained / person commits to serve... good in my view) train pilots to "some basic skill level", why not United focus on those people they find best from the non-military flight schools to train to the standard(s) they want?
Shortage? Not paying enough money. Economics 101