So what should the guys with 200TT (fresh out of airman training) in the USAF/Navy who just started flying fighters and bombers do? The whole TT time thing is BS the reason the times were so high long ago (70's) was because aviation was being compared to the maritime industry, where you would find seasoned captain's that had thousands of hours in the sea. There are copilots in Europe and Africa with less than 500TT flying right seat in L1011's. Let's not even mention Russia. If TT was actually a factor, the FAA would be setting the flight time standards for airline pilot hiring.
Your a racist, and maybe your angry because you're the only 'black man' (as your user name suggests) in Vancouver, Canada. George Bush's approval rating is less than 30% so not everyone agrees with him.Your an idiot for not knowing that someone who is in a position of power can do whatever they want without the approval of others.

By the way most altimeters have indicators that read in both millibars and inches of mercury so your point about FAA pilots not knowing about QNH is very much like the rest of your post....nonsense and ignorance.

I hope you are not a pilot, really I do. And if you are I hope you fly Airbus, I hear those things require very little pilot input, and in your case it's for good reason

Do a search on angryblackman and you will see what a fraud he is. Claims to be with Emirates, then an inspector with Transport Canada, then with Connie. Look at his posts on the BA DEP program. He is a total poseur who needs to ignored, or better yet ostracized. Just put him on your ignore list.
That idiot has had nothing to contribute to this board.

I just did that, I read all that crap he says and I was like WTF?!!?! What a moron! Like you mentioned NG, he said he was quitting emirates and then I looked at a previous post and he said here in Vancouver, so I now know he is a fake.

It seems to me like he is a law student, black of course(no offense I am half black), who wanted to make it in this industry but because of the way things are he has lost hope in getting a pilot gig in his own country, now he sees/hears of foreign pilots coming into Canada to work and he is very jealous. Other than that I can stillnot figure out why he hates the FAA. Maybe it's because he worked for transport Canada in some capacity and he thinks it is better. But answer me this blackman if the FAA sucks so much why does transport Canada require only a written test to convert an FAA license?

Nothing wrong with FAA licenses, and not all Americans are right wing nutjobs living with their relatives in the Apalachians either. Last layover in the UK with some US crews in the vicinity of LGW a hoot. Nice bunch.

As far as the angry is concerned he might be black, who knows, but if he's ex-Emirates (doubtful) or CAL or whatever a current 744 type rating is bollocks.

Best ignored. And you're right, the pontification on BA Direct Entry is pure drivel.

It's the ethnic temper-sensitive adolescent once again, here to thrill us with his insight from the great white north. How refreshing.

Of course, I work for a company with no B or C payscale, an active union, no "scabs" or need for them or fear of them. My company provided healthcare costs me twenty five dollars a paycheck, the rest the company pays, and while I rent a home because I move too much, many in the company own more than one. It seems Mr. ethnicity is wrong where ever he goes...and always seen for what he is, and is not.

I can tell you for a fact that he doesn't work at certain of the places whence he claims, for he lacks insight into the most basic nature of it's operations.

As for working for Connie...perhaps he was refused employment there, and hence his animosity. Perhaps if he were a little less angry, he might find work. Connie has a number of black pilots and aircrew on the payroll...but none of them are angry. When our resident furor of ethnicity comes off his rant, he should be able to seek chemical treatment for a year or two, then spend a year or two clear of all psychtropic drugs, and may be able to apply for a legitimate job and rejoin normal society. Until then, he will probably continue to ignorantly haunt these threads and post regarding that about which knows not.

Done! Now back to the original discussion.

According to IATA, US Airlines will lose $4bn in 2009...so the immediate future is not brilliant.

My somewhat cynical prediction :

- Even more trimming of services - like UA's Tilton trying to get rid of hot food on East Coast-Europe sectors, more spurious charges, and perhaps an introduciton of the Ryanair model where everything costs $$$ - and it's more like an airborne shopping mall.

- Increase in fares of J and F, but not necessarily mapping onto standards of Asian and ME Carriers.

- Staff pensions even more decimated leading to even more disgruntled employees leading to poor (and understandable) customer service and attitude...meaning PAX will complain even more

- Fleet reneweals even more delayed. AA MD80s still gracing the skies in 10 years perhaps...

- Slashing of routes

- Making other routes seasonal

- Smaller aircraft on sectors, to push the price up, e.g. the BA London City to New York sectors on A318s with a setdown westbound in Shannon and direct eastbound. All J Class...

- Frequent fliers becoming less loyal as their benefits are trimmed away or costed out

- More of the same such as AA and BA "Alliance" - not just a close alliance tie-up but a complete meshing of services pending regulatory thumbs up.

- And if it wasn't for the unions, and other regulators, how quickly do we think the UA 777 fleet or the CAL 767-400s etc etc would have their annuals and majors done in Mumbai ?


Whoa, that's quite enough for now. I need a drink...

There´s still hope for the carriers in the US!

The best example is Delta:

Because they:

- merge with NWA to cut cost, but don´t forget to offer a wide selection of international routes to receive enough transit passengers to get their planes full.

- redeploy capacity from the Domestic market to the profitable international

- will equip all their older Boeing with Winglets to save money and do have (as compared to their US competitiors) a modern fleet.

Yes true those are PPP. Using a PPP basis is arguably more useful when comparing generalized differences in living standards on the whole between nations because PPP takes into account the relative cost of living and the inflation rates of the countries.


But there is an other possibility than PPP to calculate the GDP, the second method is nominal. The GDP dollar estimates presented here are calculated at market or government official exchange rates (nominal GDP).
And here the difference of GDP is even more important.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rldmap.svg.png World54,620,000
1http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Europe.svg.png European Union16,620,000
2http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...States.svg.png United States13,840,000

Source: CIA World Factbook (for 2007)


Maybe...
But even per capita all the nordic europe area plus Irland as a higher capita basis than the US.

And if in Europe they had a lower standard of living, why do they live longer than in the US ( 2 years more as an average)? Why university is free for most of the European students? Why when you lose your job you keep your social insurance?

I don' t think Europe has a lower standard of linving, I think US and Europe has different politics concerning the social organization, and both of them are successful in their way.


I have never said that the US is falling down, so I disagree when you say so. I only mean that Europe and China slowly take back their position they had before the second world war. It doesn't mean that US is falling down, it just mean that the world is in motion, as it has always been. US will recover the finance and economy crisis one more time. I have no doubts about that.
My point was to say that the world is moving and changing fast, the fuel cost is unstable, at the at same time Boeing and Airbus continue to sell aircraft... So very clever will be the one who will predict the future of the US aviation....