Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
There are some good ideas in this thread. I wish pilots were required to have a bachelor's degree. It is a way to weed people out thus decreasing supply. That in turn gives us more leverage which means more money. It would also make these web boards a little more tolerable. The grammar and spelling of my fellow pilots is atrocious.
I think that there should be a union enforced apprenticeship of some kind. Then it does not matter what the congress or the FAA does.
The union could determine that before a pilot could become "carded" for an airline job they must meet certain experience and training requirements. The numbers could be set at point to weed out people and to control the supply of pilots to the airlines. Thus creating an artificial shortage.
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