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Airlines: Some Costs They Can't - And Shouldn't - Cut

The US Air Force launches new pilots off to fly anything in the USAF inventory with 250 hours of pilot time after they complete the 1 year training course. 1st Lt. pay is pretty low too.
Maybe it's the unions.................


On Oct 31 04:15 PM Dave English wrote:

> American Eagle has long been a DOT major airline (over 1 Billion
> in revenue, over 200 aircraft flying over 5 time zones, etc etc)
> and it hires pilots with only 200 something hours and 10 hours in
> multi-engine aircraft. The starting pay is under $20,000. Folks buying
> a ticket on American may get the experienced gray haired AA captain,
> or they may get a kid who had his first flying lesson six months
> ago. It's a broken system.
>
> Oh, and some airlines (eg JetBlue) do pay pilots double on holidays.

Exxon Mobil: The Root of all Evil?

If one wishes to make very loose correlations how about this one: Every time we increase mileage of autos, total comsumption increases...more people can afford to drive.

The 1986 oil price crash can be solely attributed to the Saudi government reacting to loss of market share (and income), flooding the market with their oil, and running higher cost producers out of business.