single_swine_herder wrote: I'm curious what makes the Contrails requirements for a King Air 200 to be a "ridiculous system" in your opinion
Now I may be wrong with this, but as far as I gather, these numbers are arbitrarily chosen. To me, this seems ridiculous. I agree that a minimum amount of experience should be required, but to group all different kinds of companies together and set one number just does not work. One organization might run completely different than another on the other side of the field. Now the interesting this is, if you meet these requirements and become a "contrail approved pilot", are you guaranteed to be paid a minimum; the same as anyone else doing the same thing? I am guessing the answer is no. You are holding all these different pilots from different backgrounds to one set of standards, but then all else is let loose, how does this make sense? If the implementer of this project was to truly care about their technicians and engineers as you put it, then why aren't other aspects of flying also regulated above CARs standards as these minimum hours are? How about contracting an increase to minimum rest? Increased wages? Increase training? These are also things that make a safe work environment. But to just draw a line in the sand and say if you're on this side, you meet our requirements and can work for us, seems like a poor decision. As previously said, it sounds like someone trying to make a quick buck over someone else's issue. So in effect what we have here is a program which takes the decision away from the owners of a company to make the best decision for their operation. I am not saying to hire all new guys, or even only 3000 hour guys, but to be able to create your own minimums unique to your situation and control your own company is what our capitalist society is all about. (Which is completely backwards in some aspects of our industry)
As usual, we must roll with the punches and may not always agree with something but must live by it. I am curious if it is possible to tell which companies use this system so you would be able to plan in advance to meet these requirements and position yourself for a job in the future.
Also, I still have the original question; is Calgary still the Captain's Town is was 2 years ago, where you're looking at remaining an FO for 5 years? |
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If anyone is familiar with Sunwest, please let me know. This company really looks like a good company to work for, I'd really like to join their team 
I'm asking since I have 437 hrs on B1900D, but a TT of 840.
