Slightly specific to pilots though, it's not a job they can even think can just be hired in green. It's 1500 hours minimum that person has to have spent butt in seat flying a plane to be qualified to fly for airlines. Barring of course regulatory changes to make it take less time, which we all know wouldn't be off the table for political reasons. So I think they'd have a bit more power if they tried it.
Most jobs though, yeah. I'd tell you for damn sure I'm irreplaceable at work just because I can do twice as much in less time then most of my counterparts. Just by virtue of having 10 years of experience when most of them have no more than 3. I also know when it comes down to it in a big corporation I'm a line on a spreadsheet.
Part of the issue as I see it is that pilots want to be pilots. It’s similar to the game dev world where people who go into it are so passionate about it that employers know they can pay developers less than they would get for working in web dev despite the skill required.
It wasn’t that long ago that there were pilots paying to fly passengers for airlines in Europe in order to gain experience until that was made illegal.
Even if the pilot shortage changes things, it will take time for the corporate culture at these airlines to unlearn those attitudes.
some pilots are especially concerned about potential side effects, since high altitude makes them more relevant. There have already been pilots that were forced to take the shot to remain employed, only to be permanently banned from flying because they had side effects.
Slightly specific to pilots though, it's not a job they can even think can just be hired in green. It's 1500 hours minimum that person has to have spent butt in seat flying a plane to be qualified to fly for airlines. Barring of course regulatory changes to make it take less time, which we all know wouldn't be off the table for political reasons. So I think they'd have a bit more power if they tried it.
Most jobs though, yeah. I'd tell you for damn sure I'm irreplaceable at work just because I can do twice as much in less time then most of my counterparts. Just by virtue of having 10 years of experience when most of them have no more than 3. I also know when it comes down to it in a big corporation I'm a line on a spreadsheet.
Part of the issue as I see it is that pilots want to be pilots. It’s similar to the game dev world where people who go into it are so passionate about it that employers know they can pay developers less than they would get for working in web dev despite the skill required.
It wasn’t that long ago that there were pilots paying to fly passengers for airlines in Europe in order to gain experience until that was made illegal.
Even if the pilot shortage changes things, it will take time for the corporate culture at these airlines to unlearn those attitudes.
some pilots are especially concerned about potential side effects, since high altitude makes them more relevant. There have already been pilots that were forced to take the shot to remain employed, only to be permanently banned from flying because they had side effects.