Originally Posted by
TransWorld
And even that $7.25 an hour minimum wage is going up to $17.64 an hour in West Hollywood, California. My understanding is automation is coming to fast food. Flipping burgers does not have enough value added. So, there will be a lot of minimally skilled people unemployed at that pay rate.
Well just have Congress approve single pilot 121 operations on planes that have automation (aka autoland). Worst case scenario if something happens to the pilot, ATC can tell the F/A how to program the autoland. End of story. Pilot shortage resolved.