Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots?

Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by guard-of-terra on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @05:39AM (#11525840)

It's kind of scary that fixing pilot problem is going to take longer than it took aviation to go from first passenger jet to first 747!

Comet entered service in 52 and Jumbo Jet flew commercially in 1970. Compare this with 2009-2029 range you proposed.

The pace of change in "modern" world is depressing and that we are content with it is depressing even more. How about next year?

Also note how fast you can break something. Pass an act in a month, fix its fallout in 20 years.

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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by pyrale on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @06:16AM (#11525952)

> Also note how fast you can break something. Pass an act in a month, fix its fallout in 20 years.

I wouldn't blame it only on that bill.

Airlines could have built a responsible pilot training system to address their needs while complying with those rules. Instead they built a racketeering system where pilots _pay_ companies for the right to work for them and earn hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_to_fly

This is a textbook example of companies maiming themselves on the long term in order to get some fast cash.

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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by meric on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @06:12AM (#11525940)

You could move to Beijing, they're planning to open 18 new subway lines between now and end of 2020[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Subway#Future_lines

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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by guard-of-terra on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @06:25AM (#11525993)

They're actually awesome, it takes them to build four lines as a new system the same time as it takes to build four-stations existing system expansion in cities outside China.

Moscow metro expansion plan is comparably bold but I doubt they'll deliver.

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