Originally Posted by
3EngineTaxi
How are the barriers "artificially high?" Do you think there should be zero standards? I wouldn't consider the currently reasonable standards to be "artificial."
So if I prefer to maximize my paycheck, am I a not decent, terrible, greedy human being? Sorry, I'm a proponent of the free market; I want to maximize my paycheck.
If you're so opposed to free markets, I'm sure places like Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea would gladly take you in.
The barriers are artificially high because of the 1500 hour rule which is completely arbitrary.
Nothing wrong with maximizing your paycheck, but what you're trying to do in this situation is this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
And I am actually a free market guy who supports eliminating the EAS completely, along with the rest of the the FARs that are protectionist in nature. But if the EAS is eliminated and the 1500 hour rule is not, it is going to worsen the pilot shortage at the regionals.