CAPTAINS... Time to wake up?
Who knows?
Maybe it is good news.
Maybe that's what it takes for the pilot community to start acting about PTF and other issues.
Yesterday, PTF was a first officers Vs wannabees problem skilfully exploited by schools, TRTOs and airlines. Most captains didn't give a shlt.
Today, it is captains' problem, too!
Nobody is safe, now. If you are an experienced captain in an airline where direct entry pilots can be hired, they can hire a few direct entry proffesional payer pilots for left hand seats coming from such programs. They will accept less money than you, or even fly for free for a while. So be careful, fellow captains...
Of course, being an experienced FO and seeing how one of these PPPs come and overtakes you like a Ferrari is not nice, either.
So:
What are we going to do, fellows?