Originally Posted by
NuGuy
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.
Nu
If we have learned nothing from changes in our own aviation system then we at least should acknowledge that if there is a
will there is a way. Business and governments will move mountains if it means gaining an advantage.
Third world countries are advancing quickly. CFI jobs are beginning to pop up internationally. They will have their own training fleets and floods of university trained pilots who are dedicated, obedient and speak perfect English.
Imagine a future where ex-military UAV pilots sit in a control room and manage five flights at a time who are crewed by outsourced overseas pilots who come to the US to fly here under free flight and sit there motionless for hours upon hours while being observed by live video feed back to headquarters in a mostly automated and ground controlled system.
Chilling but it could happen. I don't see why it will not.
Skyhigh