There's lots of qualified pilots doing other things outside of flying that meet those requirements and more. Hopefully this will help drive wages up but I wouldn't count on it. I've been "retired" (I'm in the business world now) from pro flying for about a year and half and it would take a whole heck of a lot more than I'm sure any airline is willing to offer to get me to put a resume in the mail.

FYI The time wouldn't be a problem, I'm only 26 years old but I'm a 3000TT ATP with cfi, 121 and 135 time.

There's always something in the works to keep pilots hanging on to the hope of a better job but the reality of it is until large numbers of people starting quitting the industry altogether and no one is in the training pipeline then they won't change their practices.

Its simple really from a business owner's standpoint. My bachelor's is in economics and its not difficult to figure out that's exactly what dictates pilot hiring. Pilots are a commodity which is purchased by an airline, if pilot A will work for $19 per hour and pilot B won't work for less than $50 with everything else being basically the same who is going to get hired? The only way the industry will ever change is if pilots quit accepting this poverty wage....Period.