Originally Posted by
colinflyin
Great Article, this needs to be published in USA Today. I like how it references wages. In all reality that is what is wrong w/ the industry low wages for regional FO's. It needs to be addressed more than anything. Under $20K for an airline pilot with people's lives literally in your hands is unacceptable.
Wages may need to be addressed, but you've noticed (even in this article) the Feds and ALPA have both started steering the issue to more of a training problem than a pay problem. My guess is that the low wages issue will be squashed by the RAA and ATA in exchange for a week longer in training.