Originally Posted by
ClickClickBoom
The pilot shortage was created by the guys who tried to depart on the wrong, short runway or the 410 club a$$hats, or 3407 clown show.
The simple fact is people don't want to die in fiery plane crash or be killed in their recliner watching David Letterman, when 2 idiots drop a plane on his house, or an unsat who thought that stall somehow meant pull up, and his partner in stupidity somehow thought removing flaps uncommanded was a good idea at low altitude.
Sorry.......you don't have to like it, but you gotta own it.
You do realize that the Colgan pilots were well over 1500 hours, right?
The cause of the accident was poor training and sleep deprivation. TT had nothing to do with it. Congress DID change the rest rules at least which did actually make sense.
So you forget that there is also the possibility that Congress could relax the rules at any time. They have created an artificial scarcity which following econ 101 leads to not only a price increase but a supply decrease. So much so that the current business model is no longer sustainable in the long term.
The point? The economics of ATP air travel are out of whack, specifically the labor side, and the market will continue to attempt to seek equilibrium until it has achieved equilibrium. One way to achieve it quickly is to change the rules.