Originally Posted by
Grrrr
I would assume that after the first 12 months or so, the airlines will start including the training, they'll be forced to once they start to see a bunch of their 1500 hour applicants need it. Would suck to miss the deadline and have 1500 hours but still not be hirable until you fork over the thousands of $$ yourself though, and unfortunately that will happen bc I've talked to several people who had never heard of this somehow.
Just to clarify, this should say "low paying regional airlines" (I know, redundant). The majors and the quality nationals/LCC's don't have and never will have a shortage of qualified applicants....at least in the foreseeable future.
I know this is a forum for regionals, but I think any opportunity to quash the notion that there is pilot shortage for the entire industry should be taken.