Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“Having failed to plan properly for the recovery in air travel demand, American Airlines management now finds itself having to deal with the consequences of being the only major airline to have furloughed pilots during the pandemic and its decision to forgo training opportunities at that time. Management continues to fall behind and is scrambling to increase the volume of the pilot training funnel. Consequently, they are now soliciting all pilots to volunteer to replace our specially trained Check Airmen as 'seat fillers' during a critical training evaluation stage under terms and conditions that remain largely unknown to APA."

Source: Allied Pilots Association head, Eric Ferguson, commenting on their lawsuit against American Airlines over a program the company hoped would augment simulator staff with unpaid pilots using their time off. 

FMI: www.alliedpilots.org