Originally Posted by BackintheLPA

This appears to be just another carrot on the stick...

Step One, go 40-50 thousand in debt (conservative average)
Step Two, slave away on poverty wages as a CFI for 2-3 years( not enough students)
Step Three, Hired at poverty wages with no QOL into the right seat for 4-5 years.

Now you are in your late 20s or early 30s trying to dig yourself out of a hole.

All this great decision making, just in time for the repeal of age 65 due to "age discrimination". Canada has set the precedent with the no age limit for domestic operations. It's only a matter time before it happens here. That will be a significant part of the solution for the "pilot shortage". The other major solution will be management gaining greater efficency through consolidation and employee productivity.