Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
...CFIing at large flight schools that cater only to students seeking professional ratings has ALWAYS been a pyramid scheme. ...Too many pilots, too few jobs, what happens? The race to the bottom begins.
+1. What happens is industry sees the bounty of cheap labor and develops a means of exploiting the endless bonanza of new people wanting to do this work. Welcome to low-end aviation in America, complete with ways of ejecting anyone who climbs too high in pay, lifestyle, or power. Now the tide is turning after many decades and less people are coming to the profession, which may signal hope for fair wages and fair treatment for many pilots.