Originally Posted by
saab2000
Upping the pay is not going to make a bunch of ATP pilots appear out of thin air. I agree that the supply and demand model is likely to result in better contracts for us pilots at some point but ATP qualified people aren't just going to start showing up just because pay goes up.
There will always be ATP holding candidates out there, the question is will they leave whatever job they're at to sling gear on an RJ?
1500 hours isn't an insurmountable obstacle. In the late 90's you couldnt get a phone call from ACA or ASA with less than 2K TT.