There is a pilot shortage here in the US.
http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/coming-us-pilot-shortage-real
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304851104579361320202756500
There IS pilot shortage, but especially on regional flying level. Mainline and internatonal long haul is not (yet) suffering any pilot shortages.
And I am not sure European pilots would be willing to fly for peanuts that U.S. regionals are offering, they can find much better positions with ME3 and Asian carriers.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-looming-pilot-shortage-means-a-bumpy-ride-for-airlines-1437522047
It all nails down to:
- ridiculously low pay
- 1500 hours rule
- very high cost to get license (plus substantial other cost to get to 1500 hours, with many aspiring pilots resorting to even pay-for-flying schemes to bump up hours).
I've wondered why the pilot management section exists. The entire process seems superfluous to me, serving only as a one-time charge as pilots can only hold one type rating, akin to the purchase of seats (assuming seating configuration never changes). The hiring of all other staff (and assignment of flight attendants) is automatic, so why is the hiring of pilots treated differently?
My thoughts exactly. Staff/Pilot management is one of these historic features that merely exist because they should...but no one every thought about the role it should play in the game. It's high on my list of "features to either kill or revise" but with low priority in the overall scheme of things.
It would be nice and interesting to see that list.
There IS pilot shortage, but especially on regional flying level. Mainline and internatonal long haul is not (yet) suffering any pilot shortages.
And I am not sure European pilots would be willing to fly for peanuts that U.S. regionals are offering, they can find much better positions with ME3 and Asian carriers.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-looming-pilot-shortage-means-a-bumpy-ride-for-airlines-1437522047
It all nails down to:
- ridiculously low pay
- 1500 hours rule
- very high cost to get license (plus substantial other cost to get to 1500 hours, with many aspiring pilots resorting to even pay-for-flying schemes to bump up hours).
If I was a pilot (which I am not) I would rather fly a CRJ or E-jet in America then flying a pilatus porter or cessna caravan in the Indonesian jungle. I found this documentary series to explain my point:
Episode 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0axsgFFjmY
Episode 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fANLpftuC9A
Episode 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJDKAx_kRak
Episode 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFsVRQyhlg
Pilots flying for U.S. regional airlines got really low pay, and the station they fly out usually away from home; the horrible living places provided by airlines make it even worse. The pilots in U.S. are more like having extremely bad live at beginning of their careers and great lives after they gain more experience. There are a lot of improvements after the Colgan crash, but still, not so good.
I operate a total of 6 CRJs. My respective personnel information for CRJ pilots reads:
Employed Active Required
40 48 48
All CRJs are flying. However, I only pay for 40 pilots. Does that mean I have 48 pilots in fact but only pay 40? Nice.
Anyone seen this before?
Each aircraft needs 8 pilots. If you have 6 aircraft, you will need 48 pilots.
If you have hired only 40, then one aircraft doesn’t have pilots assigned and will not fly. You might want to double check this again.
I find it curious, though, how, according to the information provided, only 40 pilots are employed, but 48 are active.
One of the aircrafts is not yet delivered - could that be the reason?
that wouldn't explain how 48 out of 40 can be active ;-)
I checked. All aircraft are delivered, all are flying. Strange, but I like it!
I guess this would be any airline CEO's dream. Employ less people than actually work for you.
Can you post a screen shot of that?
Check again a week later. Should be automatically balanced out by then.
Yeah. No screenshot = hoax.
Mine always stated that my employed > my active. Or mostly equal.