There would be little cost savings in salary as pilots are already approaching salaries that are near national averages in many countries
With respect, he was talking about LCCs around the world, not just in Australia.
I don't see any reference to LCC's Keg.....
My point is that with the cost of flight crew, airlines will continue to lower cost through automation....They have already done so with navigators,flight engineers and even by setting up LCC's.
To refer to pay scales made by crew flying regional/commuter airlines is more than a little disingenuous.You can point out pay earned by apprentices everywhere which is basically what pilots working for regional/commuter/GA airlines are doing...but it is not relevant to what legacy and LCC carriers are paying compared to national average wages.
This is all about automation..do you think that the aero industry generally is spending a lot of money on automation just to make your life easier or is it something else....They may say that their efforts are designed to making aviation safer but it is also and mainly about money.
Automation is all about money.We are all aware of what business execs are about and that is cutting costs while loading their own pockets and guess how they are trying to do that.....