Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
I agree you should get paid more, but why should an airline hire a 17yr pilot when they can hire a 5yr pilot with half the experience (and half the cost under your rules) to do the job?
-Well precious few 17 years have 1,500 hrs for ATPs. Pilots will need certain amount of hours to fly certain size planes (remember). Unions would bring down the rath of the membership is they start letting senior guys go. Lastly the airlines would have a level playing field. I am sure Airlines with inexpirience pilots flying and crashing planes would generate lists and the public would know what airlines are safest.