Originally Posted by
saab2000
There WILL be a need for pilots in this country in great numbers over the next 10 years and the traditional path of instructing, flying Barons at night, etc. will not produce the thousands of pilots needed.
I have heard that same crap since I started flying in the mid 80s.
There never has been a shortage and everytime there looks like one might be a possible shortage few yrs away, some black swan event happens. The only shortage in this country is of people willing to work for crap wages.
I have said it before and I 'll say it again. 1500 hrs used to be the defacto hiring
minimum. Now the mins went down for a little while and the newbies scream about how unfair it is now that there is going to be a mandated minimum. Sheez.