Airlines Lower The Bar For New Pilots, Want To Slash Training Hours

Airlines are considering adopting terrifying new guidelines, that would see sub-par training standards being given to potential pilots – because of the nationwide pilot shortage currently happening thanks to the covid pandemic and the resulting shots that is slowly taking out experienced pilots in the industry.

The vax mandates that hit the airline industry have had a huge effect on the work pool, some experienced pilots have retired because of the vax mandates and others have succumbed to the adverse reactions they suffered because of the experimental jabs.

Now the transportation sector wants to make it easier for new recruits to get their license, requiring fewer flying hours.

When you are operating a machine that is literally in the air with hundreds of souls onboard, you would think it would be prudent to do as much to ensure the safety of passengers and staff.

Despite the obvious safety risks to pretty much everyone, it may be a necessary evil as without the lowered standards, the entire industry could collapse, and it has been reported that the required flying hours would be slashed in half.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said during the company’s recent quarterly earnings call, “The pilot shortage for the industry is real, and most airlines are simply not going to be able to realize their capacity plans because there simply aren’t enough pilots, at least not for the next five-plus years.”

Ben Minicucci, CEO of Alaska Airlines, said on a recent YouTube video that the shortage is making the industry desperate as there are simply not enough pilots.

“We had 63 fewer pilots than what we planned for when we built our schedule,” Minicucci said.

“By the time we caught this error, April and May schedules were bid on by our pilots and flight attendants, making it impossible to sufficiently adjust schedules to avoid cancellations.”

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham wants the pilot retirement age to be increased to 67 from 65.

Some working in the industry have also called for doing away with pilot requirements to have a degree to learn how to fly airplanes.

In January, Delta Airlines announced that it would be increasing pay and giving large sign-on bonuses for new recruits, and they are losing the requirement that new pilots have a four-year degree.

“While we feel as strongly as ever about the importance of education, there are highly qualified candidates – people who we would want to welcome to our Delta family – who have gained more than the equivalent of a college education through years of life and leadership experience,” the company announced.

“Making the four-year degree requirement preferred removes unintentional barriers to our Delta flight decks.”

Families of those who have perished in air crashes, are objecting strongly to the changes and warn that there could be more air fatalities because of it. Flight hours were increased to 1,500 minimum hours after an air crash in 2009 of Colgan Air 3407.

Airlines want the hours reduced to a pitiful 750 hours of flight time. 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement, “While anyone can request an exemption, it does not mean it will be granted.”


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7 thoughts on “Airlines Lower The Bar For New Pilots, Want To Slash Training Hours”

  1. Sounds like a self-induced problem. Perhaps a bit more research on the ‘prototype/vaccine/injection’ you forced your entire workforce to take might have kept you in the black versus the red. Personally I will not be flying any airline because I have no idea when the pilot(s) will stroke out.

  2. Reducing the flight hours is dangerous and stupid. However, I don’t have a problem with removing the degree IF the pilot comes with years and hours of heavy cargo transportation in the military. Some of those pilots are the best in the world, and quite accustomed to heavy cargo, which is what people are. They are the best recruits and should be highly sought out.

    1. I agree with you 100%! I absolutely must fly to Anchorage, Alaska by mid July this year from Oregon. I’ll be flying back 6 week’s later.
      Now I’m really concerned about the 50% DROP for the required hour’s needed before a prospective pilot would be quantified to fly a commercial aircraft!!

  3. A hospital nurse actually touched my face pulling up my mask at Eisenhower hospital. Many have said I should report her. This forced vaccine has caused pilots to retire or quit causing a shortage. If a full airliner goes down, well less population. That’s the agenda. Down size the population. Run toxic fingers in the nose of patients, that they are sure to get sick.

  4. I can tell you that when it come to making a life and death decisions, and you’re sitting in the back of an airplane, you would want more than a high school graduate who believes they are a cat.
    A Happily Retired 62 year old pilot who was tired of babysitting, who had almost 6,000 hours when hired. Enjoy your flight!!

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