I gotta say I hope all the intelligent professionals and interested future pilots keep alert for regulation changes that could radically benefit airlines at the even worse expense to pilots. After reading up on how shady the pilot training process is in, say, UK, for an airline like EasyJet (pay >100k for your training from an exclusive provider that fleeces you, pay >35k for your type rating, take a loan out for all of it that may be due if you leave the low wage atmosphere of the company before it's paid off, work as an intern with no guarantee, then maybe get hired from there) it seems like a smart lobbyist group could easily sell a structured program like that in the US here, to "ease" the upcoming pilot shortage. Airlines get more crews, low cost, training companies that charge tons more than 61 providers make out also, etc...
Does anyone have any thoughts on that scenario? I've worked in media relations and government lobbying so say it's totally plausible with some $ to grease the legislative skids.