by Brant | Aug 13, 2020 | Pilot Career, Skilled Certificates and Employement
Politics aside this new website marketed by the Presidential office and Ad Council and promoted by Ivanka Trump is impressive. It is the real deal when it comes to finding ways to build on your existing skills or find a new skill. Everyone can agree the economy is...
by Brant | Jul 13, 2020 | Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Pilot Career, Pilot Employement
Attached below is a comparison of VPLOA/Permanent Leave programs among domestic carriers provided by and shared with permission from KitDarby.com. It is worth noting – this analysis of leave language is not limited to Legacy or LCC carriers but includes Air...
by Brant | Jun 4, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
A lot can change in a matter of days. SouthWest airlines fleet projections have already changed drastically enough to warrant a relook at their pilot demand numbers. The latest from the last article has changed significantly. Whereas they were looking at a longer-term...
by Brant | May 29, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
Frontier has remained fairly optimistic, planning on their entire fleet being back in operation by end of summer. Due to the simplicity of their fleet, the assumptions aren’t as complicated as some of the other carriers. Simplicity doesn’t necessarily...
by Brant | May 29, 2020 | Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Pilot Employement
The genesis of this website started as an idea born out of a simple desire to help pilots. In a world that seems to be in a constant state of commotion, where media sources often care more about creating soundbites to drive traffic than to uncover a more accurate...
by Brant | May 27, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
While United may have announced the largest displacement bid in the industry, we simply don’t know what the future holds or if that will be accurate in the long run. What is interesting is they’ve announced the largest displacement bid but have provided...
by Mike | May 23, 2020 | Gig Jobs, Income/Education Diversification
Upwork is another great alternative for anyone with some technical expertise in a variety of fields. Some examples of the types of projects found on Upwork are writing, programming in most languages and applications for mobile and web, customer service and even...
by Brant | May 23, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
“In a case for recovery ” the website took a step towards discussing ways airlines could adjust staffing for fleet reductions without needing to resort to the old playbook of furlough. It was shown how reductions in line values could bring the recovery...
by Brant | May 22, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
To say Delta’s pilot demand projections are difficult to project is an understatement. So the best way to look at this projection is as a “possible outcome”, that does it’s best to fit the curve of pilot staffing to what Delta management has...
by Brant | May 21, 2020 | Airline Pilot Supply, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
Standard Disclaimer (No one really knows at this point what the recovery will look like, this is simply an educated guess) As of early May, JetBlue was showing some deliveries over the next year and a half. These expected deliveries have been reflected in the model,...
by Mike | May 21, 2020 | Gig Jobs
After enjoying the first couple weeks of my Corona Vacation I decided it was probably time to get busy doing something…..anything. This was before the numbers got really bad but I’m near the bottom of my seniority list and it won’t take much for me...
by Brant | May 20, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
Standard Disclaimer (No one really knows at this point what the recovery will look like, this is simply an educated guess) The fleet projection used by the model is available on the fleet projections page of this website. The pilot demand model takes the existing...
by Mike | May 20, 2020 | Accredited Education and Employment, Commentary, Gig Jobs, Income/Education Diversification, Pilot Employement
“Happy Birthday Honey! I received my furlough letter today.” Not exactly the birthday present I think my wife of three weeks would have appreciated. So I decide to wait a week or so to not spoil it for her. It’s not like we didn’t see it coming, but still, no...
by Brant | May 19, 2020 | Gig Jobs, Income/Education Diversification
If you have income or education diversification ideas or suggestions, please continue to send them in. Today’s addition and highlight to the websites list on the Gig page is Fiverr. Similar to the consulting category in the Gig apps, Fiverr provides a platform...
by Brant | May 19, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Pilot Career, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
It is great to see the Transportation Safety Administration publish the TSA throughput data. Granted some of those numbers include our nation’s flight crew counts they do illustrate how far air travel has fallen and the heartbeats of a system slowing being...
