Originally Posted by
FogSkier
1. Freight train engineers contribute a lot less to the total cost of freight trains than we do to airliners
2. There isn’t a shortage of young engineers. There is a shortage of pilots
Necessity is the mother of all invention
If I hear one more time there is a shortage of pilots my head is going to explode. Especially at the major level. If nobody wants to come fly for XYZ airlines for substandard payrates they they will just have to raise them until people will. Or find cheaper labor but that usually dries up eventually.