Originally Posted by protectthehornet
You see, we are a country in which an individual works hard to get ahead...competes with all of those around him. And selection process will often overlook extreme motivation.
And yet US airlines participate in a rigid seniority system that both rewards nothing other than waiting patiently in line as well as inhibiting sideways movement between companies and therefore inhibiting competition in conditions. Once you start with a company you're stuck there unless you want to go to the bottom of the ladder with another. That is not in line with your stated cultural philosophy of individual hard work being rewarded and yet it works as well there as it does in other countries (has its pros and cons.) I don't buy your argument. I think the difference between Europe and the US in aviation is that the US actually has a decent GA industry in which pilots can get some experience, Europe doesn't so much and they've been forced into the system they currently use. The US doesn't have a MPL type system because it doesn't need to, yet.