Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Modern airline careers need sponsorship.
Perhaps we are not looking at the situation in the correct manner? I have a buddy whose wife is an orthodontist so he does not care about pay so much. He could work for free if needed and is contemplating closing his business to pursue his childish folly. Seems to me that modern airline happier at their under performing hobby careers. Seems to me that the secret to success in part 121 is to figure out a way to turn this lousy career into a fun hobby.
Skyhigh
Soooooo....the low paying airlines are having a hard time attracting qualified applicants (which are out there) and your solution is to have pilots win the lottery so they can afford to work cheap? Am I missing some sarcasm here?
How about these airlines deal with the market realities of the situation and pay enough to attract applicants? The regional airlines have simply lost access to the 300 hour pilots and are now crying foul. If they can't pay what it takes to attract pilots, then they deserve to suffer accordingly.