Originally Posted by propellere

Probably the same reason why all the major airline pilots tell their kids to never be pilots. Anywhere there is a union, there is this type of uncertain environment. If you need a union to protect yourself, it’s probably an industry that is going away eventually. Wait until the cars have full autopilot like tesla is claiming. Going to see a lot less people taking planes and just sleeping in their cars as they autopilot them 500miles. Automation is going to reduce pilots down to one with a “super dispatcher.” The end is coming in the next 20 years. Drones are already being shot off the boat to tank.