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>BA doesn't press it at all however. I'm in contact with the City U. people
and they report >having only 10 BA pilots/year. BA's chief pilot was cited
in Flight International as saying the >MSc sponsorship program was rather
directed toward future management pilot positions.
Thanks, as I said, I was not sure about the British Airways MBA. It may
have been just a proposal. I think I read about it in a BALPA publication
and BALPA were against it.
There seem to be national differences in attitudes to pilot education. In
Australia, for example, several universities offer degrees in aviation
studies in conjunction with flying training (and ERAU in the United States
of course). In the U.K. such courses do not exist, probably due to lack of
enthusiasm on the part of the industry.
What about Human Factors education? (Nobody yet has suggested a degree in
Psychology as a desirable pilot qualification). As I have noted before,
part time or distance learning courses in Aviation Human Factors are few
and far between (ERAU and Swinburne, Melbourne perhaps the only two).
My employer gives some encouragement to continuing education. At least one
of our pilots in on the City University M.Sc. and they have offered me one
week paid study leave next year for another course.
On another tack Jean wrote:
>a high-rank airline executive that was recently
>reported saying that safety wasn't a priority anymore since they ran a
>survey with their passengers, who ranked safety as the 8th reason why
>they flew that airline!
The reasons for such ranking ore obvious. Airline marketing departments do
not attempt to compete on the grounds of being safer than their competitors
and if the regulators are questioned in the media the official line is that
all airlines are equally safe.
I was at a conference yesterday at which a lawyer pointed out that w.e.f.
18 October the Hague Protocol limiting carrier's liability will be
effectively worthless. A new EC council regulation effectively means that
European carriers will have unlimited liability in respect of death or
injury to passengers. If that executive works for a European airline,
perhaps he should think again!
Piers
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>BA doesn't press it at =
all however. I'm in contact with the City U. people and they report =
>having only 10 BA pilots/year. BA's chief pilot was cited in Flight =
International as saying the >MSc sponsorship program was rather =
directed toward future management pilot positions.
Thanks, as =
I said, I was not sure about the British Airways MBA. It may have been =
just a proposal. I think I read about it in a BALPA publication and =
BALPA were against it.
There seem to be national differences in =
attitudes to pilot education. In Australia, for example, several =
universities offer degrees in aviation studies in conjunction with =
flying training (and ERAU in the United States of course). In the U.K. =
such courses do not exist, probably due to lack of enthusiasm on the =
part of the industry.
What about Human Factors education? (Nobody =
yet has suggested a degree in Psychology as a desirable pilot =
qualification). As I have noted before, part time or distance learning =
courses in Aviation Human Factors are few and far between (ERAU and =
Swinburne, Melbourne perhaps the only two).
My employer gives =
some encouragement to continuing education. At least one of our pilots =
in on the City University M.Sc. and they have offered me one week paid =
study leave next year for another course.
On another tack Jean =
wrote:
>a high-rank airline executive that was recently =
>reported saying that safety wasn't a priority anymore since they =
ran a
>survey with their passengers, who ranked safety as the 8th =
reason why
>they flew that airline!
The reasons for =
such ranking ore obvious. Airline marketing departments do not attempt =
to compete on the grounds of being safer than their competitors and if =
the regulators are questioned in the media the official line is that all =
airlines are equally safe.
I was at a conference yesterday =
at which a lawyer pointed out that w.e.f. 18 October the Hague Protocol =
limiting carrier's liability will be effectively worthless. A new EC =
council regulation effectively means that European carriers will have =
unlimited liability in respect of death or injury to passengers. If that =
executive works for a European airline, perhaps he should think =
again!
Piers