Are there any major airlines flying to Scandinavia?

(Written on 03/06/2016)(Permalink)

Having read about “pilot shortages” for the last 15 years, I am naturally skeptical of such claims. ESPECIALLY when these claims are made by those whose primary source of funding is from flight schools promising the world to young aviation enthusiasts. (And all too often delivering nothing more than shattered dreams and astronomical debt.) A pilot shortage is just the thing to motivate people to walk through their front doors. However I can see how the coming wave of soon-to-be 65 year olds and the obscene 1,500 hour minimums for beginning pilots could (and perhaps will) have an impact on future airline staffing, particularly regional. Many commentators have spoken about poor pay, low benefits, and tedious working environments at the regionals. This is a non-starter for me. How many times have you heard a student pilot and/or enthusiast say, “I’d fly for free” or an old timer talk about “coming up through the ranks”? There is something deeply rewarding about starting with low pay and

(Written on 04/09/2015)(Permalink)

"The early Dreamliners are known in the industry as the “terrible teens,” a nod to their place in the assembly-line order and the factory woes. The teens weigh more than other 787s due to custom-fitted reinforcements and needed the most work among the more than 60 early Dreamliners that required post-assembly modifications."

(Written on 21/02/2015)(Permalink)

Having read about “pilot shortages” for the last 15 years, I am naturally skeptical of such claims. ESPECIALLY when these claims are made by those whose primary source of funding is from flight schools promising the world to young aviation enthusiasts. (And all too often delivering nothing more than shattered dreams and astronomical debt.) A pilot shortage is just the thing to motivate people to walk through their front doors. However I can see how the coming wave of soon-to-be 65 year olds and the obscene 1,500 hour minimums for beginning pilots could (and perhaps will) have an impact on future airline staffing, particularly regional. Many commentators have spoken about poor pay, low benefits, and tedious working environments at the regionals. This is a non-starter for me. How many times have you heard a student pilot and/or enthusiast say, “I’d fly for free” or an old timer talk about “coming up through the ranks”? There is something deeply rewarding about starting with low p

(Written on 21/02/2015)(Permalink)

I think the biggest problem is the college degree requirement/high tuition. Give me a skilled, high school-educated aviator over a college-indebted opportunist any day! Do I really care if the guy in the right seat got an A in European history? Do I really care if he/she “proved” something by having a business degree? I want a pilot, not a wannabe airline CEO…

(Written on 21/02/2015)(Permalink)

You're talking about an industry that's changed drastically in the last forty years. There's nothing wrong with coming up through the ranks; as a matter of fact it's great, you really appreciate what you have. But coming up through the ranks shouldn't include having two heavy feet on your shoulders, those feet being unbearable college/flight time debt and unrealistic demands from regionals...

(Written on 21/02/2015)(Permalink)

Guido is the man! I love his vids! They're pure fun!

(Written on 11/11/2014)(Permalink)

Real nice...

(Written on 08/07/2014)(Permalink)

*cough* -pack a lunch- lol

(Written on 08/07/2014)(Permalink)

Socialist policies? No. Security: Who was President when Bin Laden was killed? Who was President when 9/11 occurred? Who was President when Iraq was invaded & managed horribly? Economy: Have you seen the latest jobs numbers? The Dow JUST broke its record... The IRS: Right, because Obama personally intervened in that. You do know that anti-war and liberal groups were scrutinized too, don't you? Benghazi: I'll get enraged over that just as soon as the GOP formally apologizes for forcing the state department to cut their security funding prior to the attack and when every member of the 2003 White House staff apologizes for the illegal invasion of Iraq which cost how many American lives again? Also, one of the perpetrators of the Benghazi attack has been taken into custody, so... VA: President Harry Truman had issues with the VA. This is nothing new... GOP members have had countless opportunities to vote yes on bills aimed at fixing the VA but have chickened out thanks to t

(Written on 08/07/2014)(Permalink)