Originally Posted by
FlyingPirate
Lately there has been much conversation about Pilot qualifications and experience in today's Airline flight decks. There has also been much conversation about pilot pay and QOL.
Being a pilot used to be a glamorous career, which has changed drastically to what we have now in the industry.
There has indeed been drastic change. However, according to some old farts that I know, it was never "glamorous".
Originally Posted by
FlyingPirate
So what can we do to make this industry better? Better pay and more experienced pilots?
We need to stop discussing all the problems of the industry and figure out a way to make it better for current and future pilots.
Respectfully, I don't think the answer is to reattain glamor that may or may not have existed. I think the answer starts with unity within the profession (perhaps through a pilot's version of the AMA?). Only then can we effectively go for better pay, bennies and QOL.