Originally Posted by
Diver Driver
That will never happen. The inverse needs to take place. We got a glimpse of what it could be like in 2007 hiring craze when airlines were offering signing bonus' and other perks like paying for apartments during training, etc. It went short of raising overall pay, but if we see a long term shortage because of these requirements, pay scales will have to be adjusted to attract corporate pilots, military pilots, CFI's and new students to start down the path.
Well the new student part is where this bill will fail... How do you attract people to this industry when you tell them..
Set out to be a pilot spend 100k 2 years training 3 years working your butt off in little planes teaching others then get hired (if your lucky) and work for little to no money the first few years as an FO...OR go to college get a degree in architecture with your 5 years and make 200k a year out of the gate...
The only good thing i see for this bill is that it i will weed out the not so serious pilots.