Originally Posted by
bafanguy
As far as the US goes, I remain a skeptic about the whole shortage notion. There's admittedly pressure on the system in spots; that's not a shortage.
But, we're all largely The Blind Men and the Elephant on the subject.
I get the impression that Europe is also flush with aspiring pilots.
Every pilot on earth began as a 200 hour-ish pilot; not one is born with 10,000 hours large airplane PIC time.
The industry may have to reconsider how those new pilots get from new to experienced but there'll be plenty of aspirants for the industry to bring along.
I suggest the problem lies with the calcified thought processes of the industry itself.
My salary doubled as a BE99 PIC. My company pays BE1900 captains now 100k/yr. These are entry level gigs, 1,200h TT. Looking at the regionals, making 60k 1st year isn't bad either, or Delta, Southwest, their Captains are making bank, same for their F/Os.