Originally Posted by
afterburn81
Maybe one day when we people smarten up and start demanding what they are worth with the regionals have a tough time hiring.
There are WAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY too many qualified guys on the streets waiting to come back and work for peanuts. By the time they use up all the furloughs and guys hiding in the cracks, the flight schools will catch up and the possibility of a staffing issue will be solved. Then we start the process of over-staffing all over again.
Sounds like fun. I may or may not see you there.
I disagree that there are many pilots on the streets waiting to work for peanuts.
I agree that there are many pilots that are available to fly for the regionals, but not for current wages my friend.
I currently fly for a 91 op doing aerial survey that pays way more than a regional FO could ever hope to make. Would I like to fly for the regionals? Yes. But I will not insult myself by accepting their wages. I have a family to provide for, and i know many very qualified pilots that are in my same situation.
So until they start ponying up some money they will be limited to the CFI out of a flight school that has no real world flight experience to speak of, doesn't know what it really means to work hard for a living, and thinks they are making huge amounts of money at their new regional FO job because mom and dad are still paying their student loans for them...