"He acknowledged that low starting salaries are an issue, but he said PSA encourages prospective pilots to think of their career in terms of more than the first year. Given the airline’s growth and connection to American, new first officers can get promoted and move up to American in a decade or less.

“There’s never been, at least in my view, a better time to be a commercial pilot,” Flannery said. “We try to condition people to look at it over a three- to five-year time frame.”

This is such BS. Lets tell the head of PSA that he is going to be paid 20k a year but he should look at it over a period of time when he may become the head of Delta or American. Take less now because you might get paid more in the future. FU, pay me!