In the 1960s, UAL recruited at and hired HS students with a PPL.

I think the Ab-Initio WILL come to the US. It is NOT expensive for the students, if the airline pays for it. Either we'll get electric motors in general aviation, or the airlines will be paying, as otherwise it will be too expensive for the vast numbers of new pilots we will need.

Ab-Initio may just have to train them through their ATP requirements.

The pilot-hiring/training landscape WILL be changing a lot, that's for sure!!!

cliff
AMS