Originally Posted by
billyho
You want to raise the standards??? Raise the pay and you'll get more qualified people. Like I said it's all about supply and demand. Not everyone can be a Dr. but most anyone can be a pilot. Why??? Because like I said it's not a difficult job. Common Sense, Good instructor, Some Stick and Rudder skills and you can do the job. We can easily put a 250 hour pilot into a CRJ and let him go fly. Not everyone can be a Dr, Lawyer or Engineer. That's all I'm saying.
Raise the pay? Excuse me you can't be serious- your company just voted in concessions in the form of a B scale, strictly FOR new talent!
And I'm talking about professionalism, I think it's seriously lacking in the regionals. This is a job that because of the responsibility demands professionalism and to argue otherwise because you can train anyone to do it is nothing more than a poor rationalization. I guess you and I don't see eye to eye on this issue and that's just fine.