Originally Posted by
wwings
capitalism.
Pilots willing to work for low wages=low wages getting paid.
Walmart ruthlessly cuts costs and fosters relentless undercutting and whipsawing of their suppliers. The result is people in Asia work 14 hour days for pennys an hour. America gets cheap stuff, and we by it by the truckload.
No difference in aviation.
It is different because Walmart employees are not responsible for life. The only way this type of thing can get legs is if the government realizes that low pay=lack of talent at the regional level. Whenever any pilot starts to obtain solid experience at the regional level, they are trying to leave to make more money. Therefor the regionals do not have the talent that could have if they paid better.
And this is not capitalism. Capitalism is dead, look no further than the banking, auto, and housing industry. Capitalism would have called for the weak to die and the strong to survive.