Originally Posted by
atpcliff
"I still insist that getting rid of seniority at the regional level would solve the issue of low pay and simultaneously eliminate the "pilot shortage.""
That would make the career more attractive and more guys would want to become pilots...BUT is would not help the shortage...because you need a LOT OF MONEY to become a pilot...way more relative to the average income thann in the past, AND you can't get a bank loan anymore to pay for all your training, like u could in the past...
You're missing the point. There is actually no pilot shortage, only a shortage of new blood that can be conned into working for entry level wages. There is a very large pool of experienced and qualified pilots who work in other careers that pay better and just fly on the side. Those people would be motivated to become an airline pilot if the pay was reasonable.
There is also a large number of experienced airline captains who walk away from the career every year because they either can't or don't want to work for their specific company anymore and are unwilling to start their entire career over from the bottom to change companies in the same job.
Changing companies laterally while retaining the benefits of professional experience is something that every other professional is able to do except airline pilots. In other industries it happens all the time. There are a large number of valid reasons someone may wish to change companies within the same job capacity.