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> training in private flight schools and then working as flight instructors themselves Who attends those private flight schools? Unaffordable aircraft obviousl
by d110af5ccf 4y ago
> training in private flight schools and then working as flight instructors themselves
Who attends those private flight schools? Unaffordable aircraft obviously won't improve things and seem quite likely to make things worse.
- throwanem 4y agoI believe the "bootcamp followed by effective indenture" model has been widely favored among the regional airlines that act as feeders for the big players, dating back well before the software industry first happened upon it. If I recall correctly, Patrick "Ask the Pilot" Smith has had some things to say based on his own experience here. In any case, whether or not that model is actively used today, I would be entirely unsurprised to see it spread widely in the next couple of decades, and maybe not only in the airline industry.
- nradov 4y agoAircraft rental fees are the most expensive part of getting an ATP license, but all sorts of people manage to afford it. They get support from parents or work other jobs or take out loans. Midway through the training program many of them get a CFI license and then work for the flight school training new pilots, which helps defray the cost of building up the necessary 1500 flight hours. At some point the pilot shortage might get severe enough that airlines have to hire pilot trainees with little or no experience and then pay them to go through a training program. So far that hasn't been necessary but it's a common model in other countries.