Agreed in principal
Captain Sully has a good point.
To use paraphrased Austrian invective : the fish starts stinking from the head first.
That head is sadly the system that lead part of the western world down the American way, and dragged everyone else with it.
The SW airlines business model that gave us FR, which in turn has driven the "get rich quick" clamour for type ratings through TRTO's affiliated to the low cost operators.
How does this model build experienced operators ? does this business model really care ? apparently not as but for the skill and luck of Cpt. Sully the people on board that aircraft would have been part of a commercially acceptable hull loss.
So long as the shareholders are happy who cares and let's hope for the best.
Experienced people are leaving the industry either by choice or redundancy.. replaced by whom ?
Consider the Captain of a certain low cost operator who was scared to tell his employer that his son had died .... for he was in fear of getting fired !!!
That incident is covered elsewhere on PPrune, but the message is clear.
T & C's get driven through the floor, the industry will not maintain the core of individuals who can inspire and nurture the next generation of captains : they will look for other ways to earn similar money without the dubiously attractive lifestyle, and teach PPL's, fly for fun for their aviation fix.
Well said Cpt Sully.
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