Originally Posted by
Skyler02
...Until PAY, BENEFITS, and QOL improves for pilots, young people will still avoid the time and financial commitments required for training...
That's right in theory but in practice there is no reason to think the middle class American pilot demographic supplying these sweat shops will ever listen to reason- they are well known for acting on other motivations besides pay and QOL.
..But at least there are signs that things are moving in the right direction.
These are all band-aids for the dip in pilot applications. Industry is still hoping the alleged pilot shortage will just go away sometime soon. The root problem is an excess in the supply side. The labor supply has tapered off a bit, but we know the total pilot reservoir has not been tapped out, which must occur before any real overhaul of pay and QOL can be anticipated. That will be a revolutionary event and one I doubt will ever happen.