Originally Posted by
EPIRB
Unless you have an absolute love of flying, why would you become a pilot these days when you can go and do a trade and earn bucket loads more without forking out well over $100K to POSSIBLY get a job that you desire? And without the stresses of checks, medicals, back of the clock work, reduced life expectancy etc. I wouldn't be doing it again.
It’s no trade secret that there has been a considerable decline in self funded CPLs (and quality might I add) in recent times, most certainly we are talking about the next generation, ie those today between 20-30. Most certainly is not enough people to replace like for like retirements should you move the dial 20 years forward, many young ones of today will be lured by big twins with folding wings in the future, dollars will be thrown around as lack of bodies starts to bite.
To those who will even bother and put up all with that stuff you mention above, they will probably go on to have pretty solid careers with high ball remuneration in the long run, purely for the fact that there will be no pilots really left in 20 years.
If these Wild West operators are having crew experience problems now, that’s nothing compared to what’s coming in the long run. Just wait until China and largely the world reopens. If Rick cannot lure quality candidates with the amount of experienced people he has worked with in recent times, they perhaps need to start paying more? Good luck on that front though.