There is a reason physicians and surgeons can maintain high compensation rates. The AMA artificially suppresses the number of schools they accredit, they limit the number of students those schools can mint as new docs, and they limit the number of spots in each of the various residency programs.

I’m not saying we try to artificially limit the pilot supply, but I am saying we should not fall for the false claims of “pilot shortage”, which are not true. I am also saying we better stand up and not allow our profession to be diluted with cuts to the 1500-hour rule, ATP standards, etc.

They are already diluting the pilot pool with foreign pilots and making moves elsewhere. Ask the AMA how difficult they make it for a foreign doc to show up in the US and get a medical license here.

Don’t sell yourselves, and our profession, short.