Comments on: Pilots: Who Needs Them? http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/ Aviation buzz and bold opinion Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lovett http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-225378 Lovett Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:07:45 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-225378 NATCA might just have a ratified contract soon, though the one issue (pay) was not agreed upon and was sent to binding arbitration. NATCA might just have a ratified contract soon, though the one issue (pay) was not agreed upon and was sent to binding arbitration.

]]> By: Juno Copley http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-93540 Juno Copley Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:51:45 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-93540 I've been doing a lot of air travel lately, and can't help but notice that there are hardly any minority Airline Captains. Seriously, is there a reason the ranks are closed to people of color? I'd really like to see more diversity. I'm also writing to the American Diversity Czar in the White House to get the ball rolling on some changes in who flys our planes. I’ve been doing a lot of air travel lately, and can’t help but notice that there are hardly any minority Airline Captains. Seriously, is there a reason the ranks are closed to people of color? I’d really like to see more diversity. I’m also writing to the American Diversity Czar in the White House to get the ball rolling on some changes in who flys our planes.

]]> By: Airplane video maker http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-92300 Airplane video maker Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:49:34 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-92300 If this was to happen then RyanAir would probbably be the one of the first to get rid of the pilots. It was very smart to illustrate this post with O’Leary's picture! Maybe it's just me but I've got a feeling that aviation is loosing it's passion and exclusiveness...air travel feels more like riding a bus than an aircraft. Now all we need to do is get rid of the pilots and there we are! Sad but true. If this was to happen then RyanAir would probbably be the one of the first to get rid of the pilots. It was very smart to illustrate this post with O’Leary’s picture! Maybe it’s just me but I’ve got a feeling that aviation is loosing it’s passion and exclusiveness…air travel feels more like riding a bus than an aircraft. Now all we need to do is get rid of the pilots and there we are! Sad but true.

]]> By: Norman http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-90976 Norman Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:32:49 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-90976 Bitter experience from the Line Rob, loads of guys on your side of the Pond have felt it. Just been talking to the United guys in the immigration line about vanishing pensions... another wicked trick that has floated to the surface. Its a good job we don't do this just for the money and that 'shrouds* have no pockets'- soon there won't be any left anyway! LOL ATB Norman *UK-US decode: shrouds - what you wear when they nail the lid closed on you for the last time. Bitter experience from the Line Rob, loads of guys on your side of the Pond have felt it. Just been talking to the United guys in the immigration line about vanishing pensions… another wicked trick that has floated to the surface.

Its a good job we don’t do this just for the money and that ‘shrouds* have no pockets’- soon there won’t be any left anyway! LOL

ATB

Norman

*UK-US decode: shrouds – what you wear when they nail the lid closed on you for the last time.

]]> By: Robert Mark http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-90972 Robert Mark Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:15:56 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-90972 ..."some who slide a stiletto between our ribs that is so sharp you don’t feel it till the vital organs rupture." Ouch Norman. Yet all too true. …”some who slide a stiletto between our ribs that is so sharp you don’t feel it till the vital organs rupture.”

Ouch Norman.

Yet all too true.

]]> By: Norman http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-90954 Norman Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:14:21 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-90954 I gather Mr O'Leary treats his pilots rather badly. But at least he's blunt, honest and very up-front. Unlike some who slide a stiletto between our ribs that is so sharp you don't feel it till the vital organs rupture. That's why we have Unions and ultra-bright Wunderkind staffing them. O'Leary doesn't like them for some reason, neither does Willie Walsh - but then he used to be one ... LOL I gather Mr O’Leary treats his pilots rather badly. But at least he’s blunt, honest and very up-front. Unlike some who slide a stiletto between our ribs that is so sharp you don’t feel it till the vital organs rupture.
That’s why we have Unions and ultra-bright Wunderkind staffing them. O’Leary doesn’t like them for some reason, neither does Willie Walsh – but then he used to be one … LOL

]]> By: Peter Sweeney http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-88644 Peter Sweeney Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:45:46 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-88644 I love the use of Michael O'Leary's picture in the article.. if he had the choice of considering pilots as an overhead you can be sure he'd take them out of the equation altogether! Any way to cut costs. I love the use of Michael O’Leary’s picture in the article.. if he had the choice of considering pilots as an overhead you can be sure he’d take them out of the equation altogether! Any way to cut costs.

]]> By: Dale Kettring http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-88457 Dale Kettring Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:18:22 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-88457 Concerning UAV's, being an electronics technician, I am very aware of the failure rate of electronic equipment. Even with multiple redundancies failures occur on a surpisingly regular basis. I, for one, would be very uncomfortable not having a pilot in control of my aircraft. Another reason for my discomfort is that the very best computers in the world still cannot process and act on information as well as a human does. To much data, to many negative scenarios to anticipate when programming a comupters response. Maybe someday, but not in the near future, we can eliminate pilots. Concerning UAV’s, being an electronics technician, I am very aware of the failure rate of electronic equipment. Even with multiple redundancies failures occur on a surpisingly regular basis. I, for one, would be very uncomfortable not having a pilot in control of my aircraft.

Another reason for my discomfort is that the very best computers in the world still cannot process and act on information as well as a human does. To much data, to many negative scenarios to anticipate when programming a comupters response.

Maybe someday, but not in the near future, we can eliminate pilots.

]]> By: Dave http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/comment-page-1/#comment-88366 Dave Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:54:26 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/08/pilots-who-needs-them/#comment-88366 NATCA might just have a ratified contract soon, though the one issue (pay) was not agreed upon and was sent to binding arbitration. NATCA might just have a ratified contract soon, though the one issue (pay) was not agreed upon and was sent to binding arbitration.

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