Originally Posted by
gloopy
.... that you admit will encourage and enable cabotage (among other ills).....
Never said that!
This shortage is always good because we can command higher wages. Except that we can't because of seniority lists.
Yes, I did say this....Seniority system pretty well stifles the normal effects of free market. This is why pilot pay (on average) is so low. This is why even non union airlines always implement a seniority list structure even in the absence of a union because seniority lists benefit management more than pilots by effectively eliminating the need of airlines to offer market pay.
So you advocate a stratedgy whereby the end result is cabotage, MPL's, lower minimums and increased pilot supply...
Nope! Never said any of that!
...you advocate the end of unions and seniority lists because we'd all be better off being independant contractors bidding for one another's jobs because in that environment wages only and always go up.
Almost right...you are starting to get it now. We don't need to eliminate unions or seniority, we need to restructure them to make them work for pilot employees (not as independent contractors) rather than making them work for management as they do now.
...and pilot skills and experience are relics of the past and are not needed anymore. Flying is easy and pilots are just button pushers. Got it. Spoken like a country club MBA if ever there was one.
What are you talking about? Is that what you believe? I didn't say that at all. I did say that modern airliners are becoming easier to fly and management is exploiting this fact by using lower experienced pilots than were used in the past.
Training is actually more thorough and comprehensive than it used to be which is another reason lower time pilots are able to work as airline pilots these days. I'm not saying this is a good thing, only that it is the reality and the trend.
You, on the other hand, were complaining that the cost of initial pilot training was too high and there should be an easier path for pilots to learn and that somebody other than pilots should pay for it so they can afford it....that's what you said, not me.
I'm not going to sit here and let you twist your own statements around to hide who you are. You are speaking from the position of advocacy for the regional airline interests and for the interests of large flight schools.
Then you ink the waters with accusations that others are management shills. At this point I think you're just trolling. Which is fine, because while its usually easy to spot a troll trying to get a rise out of people, you've elevated the ruse to a pseudo-intellectual art form and I have to give you credit for that.
I'm doing just the opposite. I'm calling you out. I think you are a professional troll who spends his time very carefully trying to sway the opinions of pilots for the interests of the Regional Airline Association and the interests of large flight schools. I also think someone is probably paying you to be here.