If bus companies required 4 yr. degrees and only paid 10/hr it would only be a matter of time before they would have to raise the pay to attract qualified applicants.
So having 1500hr requirement and with all of the other hurdles placed in the way, we might be able to break the vicious cycle of SJS. We are our own worst enemy, just go look at the commute air thread. There are a bunch of guys working hard to get a horrible low paying job, because they are the only ones hiring. At some point that cycle has to stop. Maybe requiring a 1500hrs and an ATP will make people stop and think.......I have paid my dues, CFI, 135 charter etc. I will not accept 20/hr to fly an airliner. I have my doubts though, nothing has stopped it yet and I am not sure anything ever will. The draw of the big shinny airplane is like heroine to an addict.