Originally Posted by
flyinpigg
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.
It's not that simple and you know it's not that simple because it hasn't happened yet. Airlines can't just raise salaries as they wish, you have contracts which are pretty much amended once a decade. Salaries won't be going up just because they need fill in a few more seats this or that year. If it turns bad all they'll do is give hiring bonuses or base guarantees like they did last time. If this thing is about safety, at least for them, then instead of requiring an ATP they should find a happy medium somewhere between the commercial and ATP mins. I just don't think the current system can support the ATP requirement.