Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Delta may, but they have to deal with pulling the qualified applicants out of their 7500 strong DCI operation. They are going to want quality pilots flying those jets too, and I bet that is the bigger issue.
That's easy, ACL. Fix the compensation (i.e. just restore it back to what it was for decades) and bring most of the DCI flying back in-house (i.e. Delta passengers should be flying on Delta airplanes with real Delta pilots)... and this problem goes away. It really comes down to basic supply and demand and the laws of economics. Oh... and there's also this little old saying, "you get what you pay for."