Proudtoflyaa From , joined today!, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 397 times:
You'll often find pilots in management positions... some do occasionally go out and fly the line to stay current, some fly more often.
You'll find that the fleet managers, training heads, safety department, basically most of the flight operations management is made up of pilots. At many carriers, pilots even head up recruiting.
RiverVisualNYC From United States, joined Nov 2003, 930 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 379 times:
DL...Nevermind other airline jobs, America is full of professional pilots who aren't flying. Since 9/11 I have known pilots who have taken sales jobs, secretarial jobs, all sorts of other jobs just to make a living while on furlough or since they have been laid off. The problem is the pilot skill set doesn't easily translate to office work or other kinds of jobs. That said, alot of professional pilots, even those working for the airlines, often have some sort of side business they can run from home during the downtime, to supplement their income. I happen to know one, a captain for a major international airline, that markets astrological software used to predict patterns in the stock market!
Flykal From Australia, joined Sep 2003, 431 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 360 times:
Agree with what "proudtoflyaa" has said, and to add a little more from my airline's perspective. Some pilots will be trained as auditors so they can, from time to time, audit other crew on the line. We also have pilots teaching CRM, Human Factors and Error Management courses, and also involved in many safety areas. Other pilots will also be flight instructors and ground school instructors also.
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Phil
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