Originally Posted by
eaglefly
I can't argue with a lot of this. This profession is in shambles and there's plenty of blame to go around. I hope to laugh my *** off in a few years watching airline execs trying to staff the regionals. Within a few years, the immutable laws of supply and demand will kick-in and I'll happily sell myself to the highest bidder and take no prisoners in the process.
I doubt AA will be able or willing to afford me then.
Unfortunately there always seems to be enough folks out there willing to sit in the seat with the rap around window. Management doesn't give a rats behind about qualifications and as long as the profession allows the federal government to determine the qualifications required to sit up front, there will always be "qualified" applicants by the thousands. This is just one of the many failures of the associations the pilots have put their trust in to manage the airline pilot profession. Rumors of a pilot shortage are as old as I am, and that says something.
Looking to Parker as a better alternative is kind of like slave who has just been sold looking for the silver lining in the fact that he will have a new master. He is still a slave.