Of course he has a point with regard to pilot pay.
Avantair is a fairly decent company, from what my friends there tell me. They used to start righties @ 25K, so that's a +10/year. And it is still higher than any regional.
With salaries as low as this with regional carriers is it any wonder that safety is becoming an issue, as B767PL states: you get better salary working at Home Depot driving round in a fork lift truck. What kind of standard is entering the pilot market right now is one argument but when Avantair are looking for 5,000 hours & some others between 6,000 - 8,000 hours for mid size jet jobs & pay this low salary; who is applying? They are totally exploiting the current job market & with these kind of salaries on offer who are we attracting? Not the standard of intelligence/qualification that I would trust my family with, that's for sure!
