Originally Posted by Flydafe

We can train anyone to be a pilot. We don’t get blessed by the pope with holy water to be christened to fly. I do not know why so many think that standards will fall. I don’t know why so many think that we have a difficult job. Technology and automation has made this job easy. I’ve seen Netflix on tablets at cruise. I doubt that anyone here on this form is Chuck Yeager. What’s the problem? The airlines know that interest in becoming a pilot is falling off among the youth and are desperate to fill seats ten to twenty years from now.