Originally Posted by
GrummanCT
Easy...The company's has two options at that point to attract candidates.
A- Increase wages and incentives, and attract a much more qualified candidate and better pilot or.....
B- Literally lower minimums as low as they possibly could, knowing you'll have thousands of sub 1000 hour pilots willing to take a 20 thousand dollar a year job, just so they can play airline pilot.
Unfortunately it will always be like option B. No matter how much we say we won't accept these insanely low wages, there will always be a 1,000 more pile-it's that will...
What are you talking about? Everybody was flying not too long ago, who were these "much more qualified" pilots you are talking about? There were quite a few eminently qualified persons who joined the regionals because it was the only game in town. Also, in my experience, more qualifications don't necessarily mean a person is a better pilot.
The reason 121 airlines hired sub 1000 hour pilots with little experience is because there was no one left to bring aboard.