Originally Posted by
asims33
I may be beating a dead horse im not sure. Im wondering if anyone here sees any way or any plans in the future for airlines to start paying pilots a bit more. Given that this new stupid bill the congress is getting ready to try to pass (1500 hr minimum for new FOs) they will have to pay more to get pilots. But say by some miracle this doesnt pass..is there an end in sight for low pay?
First I don't think 1500 hours is a bad idea at all. It is still a very small amount of experience to have the lives of the paying public in their hands. That aside, unfortunately I don't think it will have any effect on wages. It wasn't all that long ago no regional would even look at you until your experience was at least in the 1500 hour range, and the wages were even worse then.