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last fall the CEO of American Eagle attended the White House to lobbie against the 1500 hr rule and the rest requirements
It just drives me nuts that instead of charging $2-3 more per ticket and solving the problem by paying pilots more, the airlines run to the government and try to dilute the effects of the new rules.
In a free labor market, a supply shortage is fixed simply - pay people more, and more people will want to do the job. It's that simple. With all of the fees that are already added to ticket prices, a couple of dollars more isn't going to drive the public away from flying, but if it allows pilots to be paid enough so that enough are attracted to the industry, everyone wins.
Management is happy when market forces favor them, but all the sudden the tables are turned and suddenly the pilot shortage is placing them in grave danger. What BS. It's simple - you have to do what every other industry does - compete for skilled labor. They just don't want to do it.