Originally Posted by
Newhairdo
You keep going on about the regulators role in salaries. Please point us all towards the ESA/FAA/UKCAA/CASA/NZCAA references that point to this. Actually don’t bother - you would be wasting your time. Aviation regs do not touch on employment law.
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I would point to the arbitrary US 1.500 hour rule. It was one of the most successful Union lobby actions ever and directly increased entry level salaries a lot. There is absolutely no safety bonus of it, but a huge decrease in available work force and therefore much higher salaries to keep people spending a couple hundred k to get a license.