Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Did you really think the newbies were going to keep coming for $36 an hour when everyone else was $45-50? And unless you get approved for single pilot 121 ops you actually NEED pilots in that right seat.
And yeah, I know, IN YOUR DAY an FO would have been delighted to make $12 an hour, and happily not only done preflight in -30 degree weather, but actually pushed back the aircraft himself - with his own two hands - before climbing up into the right seat.
Times have changed. Used to be for each pilot leaving, there were 100 resumes awaiting to fill that vacancy. Now, the pilot supply has dried up.
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