Originally Posted by
bedrock
Well, there is a shortage of nurses. So they raised wages some and began handing out visas like parking lot pamphlets in order to increase the supply. Can't do that with pilots, so they have to try and lower the qualifications. Once again, ALPA, WTH are you? ALPA needs to push back with this simple tactic, what would you think if the qualifications for doctor, nurse, lawyer were lowered? Would that be just as good?
MPL pilots are in cockpits replacing airline pilots already under ICAO. They are quicker and cheaper to train, they are trained and certified for only one airline, locked into that airline so they can't move to a higher paying airline which would force airlines to pay what they are worth. Their training and experience don't count toward becoming an airline pilot, so they will forever be cheap seat fillers paid whatever airlines feel like paying. Airline management dream fulfilled. A stroke of a pen and they will be training for U.S. airlines, but that will only happen if we have a "crisis", right? And they'll only be used on long-haul, 3 & 4 pilot flights, right? Stroke of a pen and everything changes.
And when that happens, another pilot glut and FO stagnation.