The company is recruiting Contract pilots as described in copy of their advert posted earlier. A question was raised about the time delay in putting contract pilots to work. The FAA approved training manual will have to be complied with....granted I am sure some feverish activity is going on to revamp the requirements for initial training with a view towards shortening the process....or so one would think anyway.
This is an excerpt from the permanent pilot advertisment listed on the company's web site.
"New Hire Pilot Training Program:
· Approximately 14 days (continuous)
· Training consists of classroom instruction, simulator training, flight training, and water survival
· Air Logistics provides lodging while in training
· New hire pilots will receive $15 per diem for food
· New hire pilots pay is 70% of base pay during training"
The contract pilots are being offered 250 USD per day while in training....50% of the daily rate while on full duty status. Permanent pilots would get about 155 USD per day for the same training and tasking.
If the Contract jobs being offered are really for a shortfall in pilot numbers needed to man the fleet....and not to be replacement workers....does that mean the Contract pilots cannot join the Pilot's union or can they? Is there something written into the Contract pilots Letter of Appointment that forbids them to join the union?
Gee, lots of questions arise when one considers the situation down ther in the GOM.