Originally Posted by
Bond
I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you, it's not just about the pay, if the Colgan hearings showed us anything is that the system is broken. One of the main differences between the European system and our current hiring practices here in the states is the recruitment process itself. In Europe they are a lot more selective in their prospective candidates, it's not just a body to fill a seat. In absence of a system like Multi-crew Pilot Lincense (MPL is the correct acronym, not MCL), which not only filters, but trains the candidates from zero time as airline pilots, then we have to modify the system we have, and higher standards raise the expectations, and contribute to higher wages by lowering the supply of "truly qualified" pilots. Furthermore, in light of this accident I expect the FAA to change certain aspects of certification.
We shall see.
You missed my point completely. My point is that in the future, there will not be enough GA work (piston twin gigs, instructing, air ambulance, box hauling, charter, whatever) to adequately feed 121 ops with a sufficient number of pilots with ATP mins. This is not a sustainable system...hell, even during the hiring boom of the last few years, that wouldn't have worked....there just weren't enough pilots with ATP mins to fill entry level spots at regional carriers. That's why there were so many people getting hired with 250 hours and sometimes even less.
Changes to certification will take place, you're correct about that, but it won't be in the direction that you'd like it to be.....I think the term "frozen ATPL" will become part of the American flight training vocabulary within the next ten years.
I think that the fATPL is much more likely to come along than an impossible requirement for ATP mins.