[Info-vax] VMS Software, Inc. Acquires All OpenVMS Support Business from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 10/26/19 10:16 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 10/25/19 10:09 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>
>>> Go to a small airport.  You won't see any (or very few) young people
>>> there.  Just a bunch of old geezers.  Airlines are now considering
>>> training new pilots.  They cannot find people who are already pilots.
>>
>> Actually, that isn't the problem you perceive.  They are having
>> great success raiding the Air Force and Army (and probably the
>> Navy and marines but I have no data on them) for pilots.  Even
>> holding hiring events right on the military bases themselves.
> 
> Unfortunately what they are paying is ludicrously low.  Start flying for
> Mesa or one of the regional lines and you're paid less than an antry level
> Greyhound bus driver.

Yes, but is it more than the military pays?  :-)

> 
> If you're retired military you can live off that, and have the hopes of
> moving up to a union position with decent pay and benefits.  If you are a
> kid having to pay off the cost of getting an ATP, forget it.

It's not retirees they are chasing.  It is current active duty pilots
who have met their commitment and are free to resign from the military
any time they want.  Recent changes in military benefits are probably
not helping retain them.

> 
> It's more profitable to fly cargo around, and the cargo doesn't get drunk.
> 
> If airlines paid a living wage for starting pilots, they would have a much
> easier time getting them.

I think they have tapped into a very good supply.

bill