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JetBlue Shakes Up Pilot Hiring by Training Them from Scratch

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Re: JetBlue Shakes Up Pilot Hiring by Training Them from Scratch

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There are already too many commercial pilots in the world, and almost all of them are captive to the need to maintain their flight books by .. flying often. This has been a common problem for decades now - too many pilots, not enough planes for them to fly. So what has happened is those who own and operate the planes have a glut on their hands. They can choose the cheapest pilots available, and keep them flying for c…

>> The same is happening in software development. Nonsense. There is a huge shortage of devs and it's only going to get worse, software is taking over the world.

There truly are parts of the world where there are too many programmers.

Re: JetBlue Shakes Up Pilot Hiring by Training Them from Scratch

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>> The same is happening in software development. Nonsense. There is a huge shortage of devs and it's only going to get worse, software is taking over the world.

There truly are parts of the world where there are too many programmers.

Which are these parts?

I'm guessing ... Mars? Because most places on Earth programmers can work remotely.

Re: JetBlue Shakes Up Pilot Hiring by Training Them from Scratch

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There truly are parts of the world where there are too many programmers.

Which are these parts? I'm guessing ... Mars? Because most places on Earth programmers can work remotely.

Yeah, right. Mars.
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