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Re: Flights being cancelled??
[Re: Lcrich]
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11/08/2018 07:15 PM
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June is a long way off. We’ve made five trips post Irma, with no flight cancellations or even delays. (Hope that doesn’t jinx the upcoming one!). Anyway, trying to guess now what will happen seven months from now is pointless.
Best advice is always to book all your flights on one ticket. Once American, Delta, Jet Blue or United accepts you, they have to get you there. Yes, you can save money using Southwest and InterCaribbean, but it comes with the cost of uncertainty.
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Re: Flights being cancelled??
[Re: aarpskier]
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11/12/2018 01:07 PM
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Not a particularly reassuring "explanation" re experience / competence of the folks up front. Sounds sort of like a Lyft or Uber ride from a sixteen year old just out of drivers' training. The pilot shortage worldwide is becoming acute. US regional airlines are hiring anyone with a pulse who has the minimum hours and no serious felony convictions! They are also offering large bonus packages the day you show up for class. This is stripping smaller operators of pilots as fast as they get 1500 hours. Strangely enough smaller part 135 airlines actually love a candidate with skeletons in the closet on the theory they may not be able to move on quickly. They can also hire pilots over 65 who are prohibited from working for a part 121 airline. G
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Re: Flights being cancelled??
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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11/12/2018 02:23 PM
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George--so why is there a shortage of pilots, if you know? It used to be that being a pilot was considered a pretty prestigious job, I think still is..
Carol Hill
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Re: Flights being cancelled??
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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11/12/2018 08:58 PM
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Strangely enough smaller part 135 airlines actually love a candidate with skeletons in the closet on the theory they may not be able to move on quickly. They can also hire pilots over 65 who are prohibited from working for a part 121 airline.
Are there safety ramifications to the above that would make flying into STT a significantly safer choice?
Louis from Houston
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