Originally Posted by
FlyByCable
It would be REASONABLE to expect a fairly well paying job shortly after finishing college and/or flight training IF you brought something besides a commercial pilots license and the ability to fog a mirror to the table. The cold, hard fact is that entry level regional pilots bring NOTHING of value to the table other than their ability to occupy a legally required seat and therefore management has no requirement to give you anything more than what they are giving entry level regional pilots now.
Can't quite agree - young pilots - hell, young
anybody bring to the table several things:
a) young blood
b) ambition
c)
ability to be trained
d) cheap labor (for the most part unattached, few obligations)
e) naievety, stemming from inexperience (a huge bonus for mgmt)