Originally Posted by
alphaeagle
It better happen, or can say goodbye to many more flights as US Airlines keep losing pilots with no way to replace them.
Paying pilots more won't fix it, 1500 hours of flying time is years of minimum wage pay (at best, more likely you'll be paying to fly most of that time rather than getting paid to fly). Not many people can afford to do that no matter what the starting pay will be once you reach that magical 1500 number.
Not to mention, who wants someone who has spent years developing bad habits under very little training or supervision requirements to fly the plane they are on?
Regional airliners have been losing flights because they can no longer get away with paying sub-living wages for highly skilled jobs. If pilots are paid enough there would be no shortage as people would find that the costs of training can be paid for by the wages earned. Who in their right mind would pay all the money for flight training to end up with a Walmart/McDonalds salary? The regionals have created their own issues and lowing flight hours is not going to help them. Pay pilots mainline wages and the problem goes away. If not, shut down the Horizon operation and have an all mainline fleet.