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killbilly · January 9th, 2008, 11:43

A certain JCer who works for a certain regional told me point blank, face-to-face, that some of the regionals were thinking about ab-initio programs where the pilot was trained from zero-hours by that airline at the airline's cost in exchange for a looooong service contract to that airline.

I'm not sure how I feel about that. At first blush, it sounded like a positive idea, but there are a whole lot of negatives, and I can see it breeding a lot of resentment. Indentured servitude can leave a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths.

January 9th, 2008, 11:43	#3
killbilly Old Skool Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,022	Re: Is it true some regionals are hiring people at 0 hour? A certain JCer who works for a certain regional told me point blank, face-to-face, that some of the regionals were thinking about ab-initio programs where the pilot was trained from zero-hours by that airline at the airline's cost in exchange for a looooong service contract to that airline. I'm not sure how I feel about that. At first blush, it sounded like a positive idea, but there are a whole lot of negatives, and I can see it breeding a lot of resentment. Indentured servitude can leave a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths. __________________ "The first rule of Flight Club is you do not talk about Flight Club."