Originally Posted by
atpcliff
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
Flying has ALWAYS been expensive. What changed was the ability for a 20 year old kid to get 100k in loans to pay for it.
Electric GA airplanes? I think someone needs a peepee test.