"He acknowledged that low starting salaries are an issue, but he said PSA encourages prospective pilots to think of their career in terms of more than the first year. Given the airline’s growth and connection to American, new first officers can get promoted and move up to American in a decade or less.

“There’s never been, at least in my view, a better time to be a commercial pilot,” Flannery said. “We try to condition people to look at it over a three- to five-year time frame.”

This is such BS. Lets tell the head of PSA that he is going to be paid 20k a year but he should look at it over a period of time when he may become the head of Delta or American. Take less now because you might get paid more in the future. FU, pay me!

Look at endevor; offer 50k a year starting with the potential to have a guaranteed interview at Delta and they're having no problems filling classes.

I would like to see more regionals start at 50K/yr.

I wish the reporter woukd have asked him why mainline American doesn't have a "staffing problem".

But you showed up to fly as of recently correct? So why would they inflate the wages if what they offered was good enough to put your butt in their seat? I'm guessing you fly for TSA or G7 by looking at your previous posts so im guessing the quick upgrade perked your interest also. This is another way to get people in seats. Changes in wages have happened but they wont double and triple if a 20% increase gets people to show up.

There are charter airlines that offer that for first year pay.

Listening to these low life regional CEO's whine about the "pilot shortage" is music to my ears. After exerting so much time and energy to gut pay, benefits and working conditions, they are baffled that nobody is lining up to work for them.

He is telling the public that we should understand someday "we" will work for somebody else.

Just gotta pay that passage.

This is insane how people up the corporate/political spin.

He is telling the public that we should understand someday "we" will work for somebody else.

Just gotta pay that passage.

This is insane how people eat up the corporate/political spin.

Why do the unions let them get away with paying so little? Isn't that what they are there to prevent?