Originally Posted by
deltabound
My point though, is that the FAA cannot mandate pay increases. It can, however, mandate tests that are harder and are a better judge of true proficiency. This in turn MAY lead to higher salaries as weaker pilots are weeded out and airlines are forced to pay more to find better qualified individuals.
And the door prize goes to Deltabound for his answer on how to raise wages! Supply=Demand... how do we raise wages, deplete the supply.. How you ask???
STANDARDS... real ones.
How about grades on check rides instead of "pass/fail"?
How many times have you pulled your training partner thru a type rating and at the end even on his checkride you pull him through; the examiner glaring at you not to do anymore, but then he passes?? Me?? guilty.. 3 of 7 initial courses I pulled my partner through on. It's not PC to say, but some people just don't belong in airplanes at a "professional" level (when the poop hits the fan)..
Take someone who's been thru 5-8 aircraft type courses and passed every check ride and every recurrent with nothing close to resembling a marginal performance.. then taken 3 years off from touching any airplane, sim or currency aid... then passed his an initial thereafter in one of the hardest types to get. The military has a lot of people like this after a 20 year career, as do some of us less fortunate pilots with 5 jobs in 12 years... and contrast that same person to someone who's failed every 3rd checkride and all of their initial courses working at ONE employer their entire career (the Colgans, Mesa's and other 250 hour, now CA types we hear all about)... who would you rather fly with?
Well people... BOTH of them are out there flying, so roll the dice!