#AirTravel is back: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-17/air-china-swamps-australian-flight-school-in-urgent-pilot-hunt. ✈️ #aviation #PilotShortage #transportation

I keep telling people that pilots are not going the way of elevator operators anytime soon.

“The Black Box Problem” is ultimately why I believe autonomous flight systems based on “narrow” deep learning AI systems are doomed to fail.

But John Oliver unpacks the issues in a far more entertaining way here than I ever could. Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/Sqa8Zo2XWc4

#aviation #safety #AI #autonomous #flight #safety #pilots #pilotshortage #evenxwingshadpilots

Welp.

Not so worried about this #AI taking our jobs anytime soon. 🤣 #pilotshortage

We spoke to 3 female flight attendants across 3 crew changes in a row on this last trip, who are considering starting flight school.🤯

I think that’s pretty great. I answered questions and gave them my contact info in case they ever want someone to talk to about the journey.

#pilotshortage #crewlife #learn2fly #airlines #CFI

Turns out that pilot 👨🏻‍✈️👩🏻‍✈️ is the most popular “dream job” in the world.

https://www.remitly.com/gb/en/landing/dream-jobs-around-the-world

#pilot #pilotshortage #work #aviation #careers #jobs

I try to be a straight shooter when it comes to over regulation by our government. There are things that I think are more than fair to criticize. This seems to make some sense does it not? For the record I never thought I’d be sharing John stossel videos… #pilotshortage #politics https://youtu.be/CNCjdAuCbZA

obviously we can't pay pilots more so they don't leave to fly private jets instead.

and building high speed rail with better organized stations to reduce the number of passengers airlines deal with is obviously out of the question.

no, the most important thing here is obviously executive bonuses and shareholder payouts.

and the only way to protect those is to make flying incredibly unsafe and potentially killing a lot of people.

#PilotShortage #Labor #Dangerous
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-pilot-in-cockpit-staffing-shortage-faa-part-121/

Over the past 6-months, it appears first-time pass rates on private pilot airplane single-engine land practical tests have tanked, hovering somewhere in the 50-60% range. 😳

https://jasonblair.net/?p=3507&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

#pilotshortage #flighttraining #learn2fly

My airline just announced new bonus pay💰 for #pilots with previous part 121 experience hired between now and the end of the year.

$100K to pilots with > than 950 hours Part 121 or Part 135 time

$75K to pilots with 500 to 949 hrs.

#pilotshortage