Originally Posted by
flynavyj
I saw it stated a couple times that what needs to happen isn't lowering the minimums, but raising the pay...i might be willing to agree with both, but a question, how is raising the pay going to help the company cope with the problem of "enough airplanes, not enough pilots" I have a hard time believing that more qualified pilots will simply come out of the woodworks because pay was bumped up, i do however agree that all of us already here would be happier. And it would give the 250hr kids even more excitement to want to join the ranks.
PS-
I'll have a drink w/ you guys.
I think it's more about attracting more qualified applicants. I've signed up for the NYPD test 4 times over the last several years but never took the test. Why? Because I can't afford to live on 30K a year, let alone in NY. Raise that to 50-60K and I may have taken the plunge. I think there are good people out there who can't afford the lifestyle change. It's definitely a young(single, no wife/kids, or rich wife) or rich man's game these days as a newbie.