Derswede
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Saw this article today:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/22/where-have-all-the-pilots-gone/
Guess they never wander by here. Most folks I know have no interest any more in commercial aviation. Admittedly, I hang with a rather esoteric group, but I am the only person that has any interest in aviation in my circle of friends. Several younger guys who are still in a position to train for flying jobs are more interested in writing video games or wanting to do something that does not take years of training to do.
Same problem in commercial trucking. A friend who is 75 and who has retired is getting calls daily from companies looking for CDL drivers. He says kids today have no interest in those kind of jobs. Lack of drive? No incentive? Mom or Dad has yet to kick them out and make them live on their own? I started working as soon as I could hold a hammer or steer the tractor...today, I have friends whose kids are 18-19 years old and they do not even have drivers licenses. Mom and Dad drive them to their Walmart jobs. I've trained several kids on driving...they ask me when I started driving and when I say 8 yrs old, they are surprised. We were building hangers at that time, and an adult could not be spared to go get a couple of 2x4's. I was also tall for my age. Fit just fine in the 1951 GMC pickup.
Derswede
https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/22/where-have-all-the-pilots-gone/
Guess they never wander by here. Most folks I know have no interest any more in commercial aviation. Admittedly, I hang with a rather esoteric group, but I am the only person that has any interest in aviation in my circle of friends. Several younger guys who are still in a position to train for flying jobs are more interested in writing video games or wanting to do something that does not take years of training to do.
Same problem in commercial trucking. A friend who is 75 and who has retired is getting calls daily from companies looking for CDL drivers. He says kids today have no interest in those kind of jobs. Lack of drive? No incentive? Mom or Dad has yet to kick them out and make them live on their own? I started working as soon as I could hold a hammer or steer the tractor...today, I have friends whose kids are 18-19 years old and they do not even have drivers licenses. Mom and Dad drive them to their Walmart jobs. I've trained several kids on driving...they ask me when I started driving and when I say 8 yrs old, they are surprised. We were building hangers at that time, and an adult could not be spared to go get a couple of 2x4's. I was also tall for my age. Fit just fine in the 1951 GMC pickup.
Derswede