Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Once they develop their own source of cheaply trained and abundant flight crews then I predict that the high wages are going to plunge as they are able to hire locals instead.
Problem is that will never happen. With VERY few exceptions, most countries HIGHLY restrict GA, and the low price seen in the US, Canada and VERY few other places is that the GA market is supported by the hobbiest crowd.
The only way the US and Canada do is that there is 100 years of general aviation aircraft/pilots/infrastructure to support relatively low cost training.
You can't get 10 172s in India and run a training school and call it "low cost" when you're paying $50 for a mandatory flight plan, $10 a landing and $5/liter for Avgas. You NEED the recreational pilots to drive down the costs of operations.
Plus if the ATP requirement comes to pass for 121 operations, that means the MPL is effectively dead in the US.
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