I think they have to do something to atleast raise the wages for FO's. They need to raise the bar atleast to ATP minimums for anyone sitting right seat in the airlines. That would atleast weed out 1,000's of pilots that have no business flying at an airline with 250hrs. I love how airlines have all these 9/11 and security taxes that they add on to airline tickets to protect passengers against out side threats. How about they add an "In Flight Passenger Safety Tax" tax also. To protect passengers from in flight threats. So, when the IOE captain dies of a heart attack the FO can actually land the plane. Instead of a wet commercial pilot warming the seat, who has 2 hours sitting right seat and has never flown into class B airspace more than three times.

-This is just a rant. I'm not trying to bash the wet commercial pilots flying for airlines....I'm sure there are plenty that are far more competent than some pilots holding an ATP.