http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/30/problem-not-enough-pilots-solution-fewer-flying-hours/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:01:37 GMT http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/30/problem-not-enough-pilots-solution-fewer-flying-hours/#comment-3296 Gary Stevens Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:49:16 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/30/problem-not-enough-pilots-solution-fewer-flying-hours/#comment-3296 Are you ready to either reduce the number cities served by commercial aviation or increase ticket prices significantly? Those are your basic choices. The option to reduce employee compensation has been used to the point that it is the main reason for the issue of pilot shortages. Nobody is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and almost a decade of their life to qualify for a job that now pays less than McDonalds managers, and carries the responsibility for dozens to hundreds of lives in an increasingly dangerous environment. We are approaching the Perfect Storm in commercial aviation--obsolete ATC equipment, retiring experienced ATC controllers and pilots, increasing traffic, and incompetent TSA security. I'm a retired airline pilot with free flight privileges and I have taken one flight in the last two years. I drive--I recommend you do the same. Are you ready to either reduce the number cities served by commercial aviation or increase ticket prices significantly? Those are your basic choices. The option to reduce employee compensation has been used to the point that it is the main reason for the issue of pilot shortages. Nobody is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and almost a decade of their life to qualify for a job that now pays less than McDonalds managers, and carries the responsibility for dozens to hundreds of lives in an increasingly dangerous environment. We are approaching the Perfect Storm in commercial aviation–obsolete ATC equipment, retiring experienced ATC controllers and pilots, increasing traffic, and incompetent TSA security. I’m a retired airline pilot with free flight privileges and I have taken one flight in the last two years. I drive–I recommend you do the same.

]]> http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/30/problem-not-enough-pilots-solution-fewer-flying-hours/#comment-2711 Wilson Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:59:15 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/30/problem-not-enough-pilots-solution-fewer-flying-hours/#comment-2711 Drop the CRJ/ATRs and go back to larger aircraft. If you replace three R/T with just one R/T this will reduce the congestion at many airports and also reduce cancellations due to weather which impacts the smaller A/C. Drop the CRJ/ATRs and go back to larger aircraft. If you replace three R/T with just one R/T this will reduce the congestion at many airports and also reduce cancellations due to weather which impacts the smaller A/C.

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