Originally Posted by NineGturn

CBreezy, you aren't going to convince the pilots that you're right especially since you don't have an argument. You can talk to your other RAA management friends. They would probably be willing to listen to your rationalization.

You aren't getting the laws changed so you can keep hiring low time pilots. You're wasting your time trying to persuade real pilots in these forums.

Your best bet to handle your staffing problems is to create positions and pay that is commensurate with the many high time pilots that are in fact out there. If you did that we could all prove you wrong instantly. Go ahead and offer higher pay for higher time pilots and you'd suddenly see plenty of applicants. You can still pay lower time pilots entry level wages but do do this you'll have to relax seniority rules.

I understand that you must present these arguments because that's your job but you're preaching to the wrong crowd. Stop treating regional airline jobs as internships for the majors.