Originally Posted by duvie
Aviation is opening up to a larger crowd of people which increases the supply of pilots to companies. Increased supply of "qualified candidates" will decrease our wages.
This idea of supply and demand is a very basic concept and really can't be argued,
"...total pilot population is down 26% since 1980...", "Student pilot starts are down 61% since peaking in 1961...", "...60-65% of students never get their licenses..." Phil Boyer, AOPA President.
The crowd is smaller, not larger.
I have approximately an equal amount of flight time in small transport jet (B737, F-28) and corporate jet/turboprop (King Air, Citation). I would be much more successful in flying a Beech 18 vs. a B777, neither of which I have flown. Pilot wages in the airlines are down because the airline economy has be in the dumps.