Originally Posted by atpcliff

The current pilot training model is broken, and the major airlines will have to go back to what they did in the 1960s...hiring pilots out of HS with a PPL, and paying for all of their training.

According to one of our posters, who has been very right about the Eagle/AA situation, AA has a long-term plan to work with a number of organizations to train pilots from 0-ATP..they work for AA...start at Envoy, and when they get the experience they need move to AA.

I think it will work similar to the MPL that is worldwide, but the US MPL will end in an ATP instead of just a Comm/Multi/Inst rating. Worldwide, many pilots are selected and trained by an airline...and they owe the airline "X" number of years of flying in return...just like the US military.