Market forces or Arthur Daley?
I've studied all this too, and the above analysis is correct, except, that it seems like people with >1500 hours, or >500 but logged through instructing and stuff, are less in favour, even though there are loads of them. Why? Well if you do the maths, it's obvious: at current pay scales they would cost more to employ than newbies brought in through this new idea of bonded fATPL entrants, and ab initio cadets.
Personally I don't care about the money, it's the fast disappearing principles of fairness, merit and paying-your-dues (starting at the bottom) that are getting me worked up.
Should employers not be obliged - by an independent professional body ('union') or by corrective market forces (lower pay for all) - to hire the best / most experienced people available, or is it a case of low-cost pilots for a low-cost airline?
Last edited by carb; 30th November 2002 at 20:48.