Free TYPEs for ATA

[apache]

Those of us left to pick up the tab for this nonsense would be better served by the 'gubment handing out blue smocks and pointing those former professionals towards the nearest Wallyworld.

This is not an insult to those unfortunate to be out of work. Handing out types just further undermines the job market for others as well as tanks reasonable spending in government.

Some are going to have to suck it up hard to stay in this business or face the cold reality that they are out of the game. Making the working public pay for needless type ratings is not a solution.

 

[Freight Dog]

Actually Apache... We all paid for it via taxes/unemployment insurance, etc.

Would you rather have a pilot collect 25k in unemployment picking his ass, or would you rather spend that money to get that pilot back to work so he can start paying taxes again?

 

[Lear70]

If true, that's not a bad deal at all.

I wonder if they'll extend the same program to the workers that all the other Majors are about to put on the street. Word is 177 furlough at airTran is VERY close at hand... would be great if those guys had some similar type of program...

 

[iwannaflyCAL]

IT'S ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME......

Finally something worthwhile out of ALPA.

I couldn't believe this when I read it. Kudos to those that are responsible. Nice to read something positive in the airline industry again.

Good luck to all those involved.

 

[vclean]

Escalating fuel prices will force the smaller corporate operators to park their a/c. Travel is one of the first budgets to go.

 

[iwannaflyCAL]

This just in.....Apache is an asshloe...continue

 

[apache]

It would appear that there are quite a few people here that think that they are ENTITLED to a flying job. Perhaps these people would be happier in a more socialist society, where they can be taken care of from the cradle to the grave. The state could also provide them with a greater sense of self-esteem.

Anyone who wants the taxpayers to pay for an unnecessary type rating, probably doesn't possess competitive requirements to rightfully EARN a job otherwise. We all know this to be true, even if it hurts your feelings.

 

[Lear70]

Anyone who wants the taxpayers to pay for an unnecessary type rating, probably doesn't possess competitive requirements to rightfully EARN a job otherwise. We all know this to be true, even if it hurts your feelings.

Well, let's see here...

I have paid over $180,000 in Federal Taxes over the last 15 years in aviation.

I let the government pay my $6,000 type rating when I got laid off after 9/11. That was less than 4% of the total taxes I have paid. It's my fu*king money. No, I have NO problem getting some of it back when I needed it.

If that makes me someone who "doesn't possess competitive requirements to rightfully EARN a job otherwise", then I guess 9,000+ hours, 5 jet type ratings, and no failed training events or checkrides is uncompetitive these days...

I don't think the 4,000+ airline pilots who are about to be on the street by the end of the year fall under that category, either.

In other words, you're barking up the wrong tree, buddy.

 

[apache]

Well, let's see here...

I have paid over $180,000 in Federal Taxes over the last 15 years in aviation.

I let the government pay my $6,000 type rating when I got laid off after 9/11. That was less than 4% of the total taxes I have paid. It's my fu*king money. No, I have NO problem getting some of it back when I needed it.

If that makes me someone who "doesn't possess competitive requirements to rightfully EARN a job otherwise", then I guess 9,000+ hours, 5 jet type ratings, and no failed training events or checkrides is uncompetitive these days...

I don't think the 4,000+ airline pilots who are about to be on the street by the end of the year fall under that category, either.

In other words, you're barking up the wrong tree, buddy.

I see that you are a proponent of the entitlement society, comrade.

If you are angry about the amount of taxes you have paid, I agree with you. That is not the issue. Extrapolate out type ratings, or the equivalent cost, among the literally millions of other workers who have lost their jobs, you would see that the concept is untenable.

Of course, if you are just a crybaby that has to rely on the 'gubment to fix all of your personal shortcomings, then maybe six type ratings will do the trick. Your problem is that I, and millions of other taxpayers, oppose this abuse of public funds, Buddy.

 

[HalinTexas]

Eat my carcass.

I would like to get out of aviation, but I need to find a job as good as what I had to make that work.