China uncovers 200 fraudulent pilots – China News
www.telegraph.co.uk — The Chinese Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) began the wide-ranging safety investigation in the wake of last month's air crash in Yichun, in which 42 people died.
Combing through the pilot records of China's major airlines, officials discovered over 200 pilots who had falsified their qualifications, in some cases fabricating their flight experience.
Why do I believe that this is actually true? Is there a Sigmund Freud out here who can explain it to me?
CAAC = Chinese Airlines Always Crash
Thanks Heiney :-D. I fly almost every month for at least 2 times with Chinese airlines. Well, if I do not post anything for a period of 2 months, you know where I will be then. If they still have internet in the afterlife I will keep posting :-D. It is a good feeling that China follows international regulations and safety standards. Thanks a lot "fordie" :-D. Anyhow, the food sucks in their planes. It is even worse than on Alitalia :-D.
You should know that China doesn't have enough pilots. The reason for this is simple: pilot isn't a random work a peasant can just pick up coming from another province. It takes many years to learn it, pass tests, practice, and last not least a dang lot of money. So a decade ago the airlines didn't recruit enough candidates and then couldn't keep up with the boom. Some Chinese airlines have to go for foreign pilots, and those guys won't accept an average Chinese salary as you can imagine.
Scary stuff. Michael Moore's last film talked about pilots in the US being hugely underpaid too -- what the hell's happening to the pilot industry. I mean, pilots are like doctors -- you pay them well because you can't afford for them to be slacking off on the job.
A pilot making like 20,000 USD a year in the US and taking part time jobs is really scary. Actually I know a few of American pilots flying for Chinese airlines, so there should be quite a bunch of them flying around China.
I read somewhere that most of them are back in the air now. Not surprising when you see this:
"China will need an average of 2500 pilots each year for the next two decades to fill cockpits, but it can’t meet the demand" according to to JetOne Academy in California who offer pilot training specifically designed for the greater China region
Though if salaries are really this low, you can understand why... http://www.worldsalaries.org/airlinepilot.shtml
China only marginally beats Lithuania on the low pay scale and pays just 8.3% of a German pilot's salary! Flight school anyone?