This is interesting to watch.
Flight attendants refusing to fly and such.
Wondering how this is going to play out.
Flight attendants refusing to fly and such.
Wondering how this is going to play out.
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One of my neighbors is a first seat 767 pilot. Trust me he's no Einstein. Also surprisingly low paid considering the position of great responsibility he's in. His pay is closer to that of a school bus driver than a physician. We had a conversation after the last crash. He explained to me that these planes practically fly themselves and that the trouble occurs when the pilot doesn't trust the plane and tries to fly it himself.Autoprax said:You gotta be an Einstain to fly that thing.
That is truly scaryGromsDad said:One of my neighbors is a first seat 767 pilot. Trust me he's no Einstein. Also surprisingly low paid considering the position of great responsibility he's in. His pay is closer to that of a school bus driver than a physician. We had a conversation after the last crash. He explained to me that these planes practically fly themselves and that the trouble occurs when the pilot doesn't trust the plane and tries to fly it himself.Autoprax said:You gotta be an Einstain to fly that thing.
Yeah blame the pilots not the software. Who would trust a low paid human who isn't even an Einstein.GromsDad said:One of my neighbors is a first seat 767 pilot. Trust me he's no Einstein. Also surprisingly low paid considering the position of great responsibility he's in. His pay is closer to that of a school bus driver than a physician. We had a conversation after the last crash. He explained to me that these planes practically fly themselves and that the trouble occurs when the pilot doesn't trust the plane and tries to fly it himself.Autoprax said:You gotta be an Einstain to fly that thing.
He is probably a regional airlines pilot. They dont make much. Its all about the multi engine hours with passengers. Once they move up to a Big airlines (Delta, United, Alaska, Hawaiian, etc) they start making A LOT of money. Esp once they make captain.GromsDad said:One of my neighbors is a first seat 767 pilot. Trust me he's no Einstein. Also surprisingly low paid considering the position of great responsibility he's in. His pay is closer to that of a school bus driver than a physician. We had a conversation after the last crash. He explained to me that these planes practically fly themselves and that the trouble occurs when the pilot doesn't trust the plane and tries to fly it himself.Autoprax said:You gotta be an Einstain to fly that thing.
Lot of truth to that. In the golden age of air travel Pilots were high profile, well-paid members of society akin to Doctors. We looked up to them. Now they're underpaid bus drivers. Michael Moore covered that years ago. My cousin is a pilot and he got out of commercial air travel because it was such a shitty industry. He now has it good. He works for a French private jet manufacturer and basically flies the mobile show room from air strip to air strip whenever someone is interested in buying one. Better pay. Better benefits. Better hours. He's now pretty much on call. Gets paid more to spend his days in NJ cycling and hanging with his kids and when he gets a call he jumps in the plane and flies to Japan or Europe for a few days. Hangs out and does touristy sh!t while the sales guys do their thing and then flies the plane back. It's kind of crazy to me how that could pay more than being responsible for the lives of hundreds of people flying and doing sometimes multiple flights a day 5 days a week.GromsDad said:One of my neighbors is a first seat 767 pilot. Trust me he's no Einstein. Also surprisingly low paid considering the position of great responsibility he's in. His pay is closer to that of a school bus driver than a physician. We had a conversation after the last crash. He explained to me that these planes practically fly themselves and that the trouble occurs when the pilot doesn't trust the plane and tries to fly it himself.Autoprax said:You gotta be an Einstain to fly that thing.
lack of training seems to be a problem too. international carrier pilots not getting enough training for the new softwaremundus said:Boeing forced bigger heavier engines into an existing airframe and tried to cover the air worthiness problems with software, now they are paying the price.
GromsDad said:One of my neighbors is a first seat 767 pilot. Trust me he's no Einstein. Also surprisingly low paid considering the position of great responsibility he's in. His pay is closer to that of a school bus driver than a physician. We had a conversation after the last crash. He explained to me that these planes practically fly themselves and that the trouble occurs when the pilot doesn't trust the plane and tries to fly it himself.Autoprax said:You gotta be an Einstain to fly that thing.