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Re:The US is facing a serious shortage of airline pilots by jonatron on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:31PM (#17545328)
In other industries, companies will provide free training, with the condition that you will need to pay back some money if you leave within a certain period of time. This can be reasonable.

Airlines want aspiring pilots to pay ~$100k for training with no guarantee of a job. This doesn't seem reasonable to me.

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Re:The US is facing a serious shortage of airline pilots by toomuchtodo on Monday July 16, 2018 @06:59PM (#17545899)
You are also making poverty level wages ($15k-22k/year) on commuter jets for years until slots open up that pay more. Air travel demand drops? Be prepared to be furloughed with no promise of a job in the future.

Truckers, pilots, there is no shortage. Just a shortage of pay and reasonable working conditions & benefits.

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