Originally Posted by
sweetholyjesus
1500 hours takes too long?
Well over a year.
Originally Posted by
sweetholyjesus
Get a 4 year aviation degree and it's only 1000.
Then it is 5 years.
Originally Posted by
sweetholyjesus
Too bad that's all that degree is good for. It should take some time before you are considered qualified to carry 300 people each day in a flying tin can full of fuel.
Of course, but that is also why there is rigorous training and a senior pilot sitting next to you.
Originally Posted by
sweetholyjesus
Training is too expensive? Help out by manufacturing your own 100LL and sell it to flight schools for cheap
Fuel is not even close to the most expensive part of training
Originally Posted by
sweetholyjesus
If the training is expensive, pilot wages should reflect the financial commitment they make to be qualified.
It does now. It didn't used to on the bottom end, but with regional FO pay closing in on $60-70k it now makes sense to take a risk to go that far into debt.
Originally Posted by
sweetholyjesus
Loans are not difficult or burdensome if the job that requires such a large loan to get qualified paid an appropriate starting wage.
Except that due to the 1500 hour rule that wage isn't available for at least a year or more after finishing training.