Originally Posted by
Pedro4President
Alright, first of all you would be surprised at how many "non straight out of flight schools pilots" are getting jobs at the regionals these days. In the short term, higher pay will help continue to draw those people in.
Second, it shouldn't take 10 years or even three years to go from zero to ATP. If you flight train full time and then build 80-100 hours per month then we are looking at a year and a half minimum. 1.5 years is a possibility but not very realistic I know. But 2-2.5 is a very reasonable time frame from zero to ATP not 5-10.
Huh?
First of all sounds like you're assuming every future pilot is beginning flight school right now then? Ok got it.
Also I think you're still estimating a bit low. Most people don't have the finances available to pay for certs private-commercial multi (CFI?) to get them all done one after another all in 1 year or less. The ones that have the finances typically would be getting them from financial aid while working on their 4 year degree.
I would say 4 years zero to ATP would be more reasonable.