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anotojefiremnesuka

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3. You make the early days sound like the Wright Bros era!

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 06:47 AM

Mar 2015

The race to the bottom started much later but noticeable by the mid 1980s when large numbers of veteran pilots were choosing not to fly for the airlines.

Now many of the former military pilots are taking jobs flying private planes for the 1% instead.

What is interesting is that the 1% who own the airlines are getting the cheapest labor they can for the 99% but for them it is nothing but the best.

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Call for more exhaustive psychological testing of airline pilots intensifies... [View all] Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 OP

Those of us of a certain advanced age remember when the Airlines pretty much only hired pilots with anotojefiremnesuka Mar 2015 #1

Very interesting point I had not considered. Yes, in the Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #2

You make the early days sound like the Wright Bros era! anotojefiremnesuka Mar 2015 #3

I really should have said 'in the early days of Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #4

One of the draw backs of the internet is anotojefiremnesuka Mar 2015 #5

Well, my experience with jumbo jets is fairly revealing... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #6

Lufthansa Strip Search in 1975 HockeyMom Mar 2015 #7

I too have been patted down by some pretty scary-looking ladies...LOL! Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #8

Show me one pilot making < 25000 per year. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #10

They should be reviewing their screening requirements laundry_queen Mar 2015 #9