Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Overseas they do that because most other countries don't HAVE a GA infrastructure which pilots can grow up in. I think here in the US, the airlines will just fund time building... that doesn't require regulatory changes, or much capital investment and they can stop doing it as soon as they don't need it any more. Either ad-hoc time building or maybe an academy format.
Because by the time they realize they need to do something it will be too late for major regulatory changes or setting up a new training infrastructure. It's easy to just rent ASEL in the US.
I think this is where it will go. Once a GA pilot gets over a certain number of hours, they interview, get golden handcuffs, and then an airline will pay for time build. The airline then hires them. If not, some sort of arrangement for partial reimbursement by the pilot will have to be made.