Yes, I will also put blame on these old Pilots. Where were they when the retirement age for Pilots was increased to 65 from 60 , knowing fully well that this will stop all the outgo for full five years, meaning no body retired but the influx continued at at much faster pace because the reason given was severe shortage of Pilots and every one jumped in . The flying schools also mushroomed to make hay. What no body from this old lot saw that when there will be excess supply, the buyers will have the choice. They will start charging for TR and raise the bar of hours required to filter out and the flying schools exploited the scene by offering to build hours for money ( you call P2F). Think about those poor kids who at the height of demand invested hard money for their licences and had no other option but to pay to save the investment. Some may call it value addition, so that you are more marketable then the rest of the crowd. Finally one has to reap what he has sowed. The fresh kids in desperation were ready to work for peanuts and the companies found these old farts too costly. Now when they started to get the kick in their old butt, we see all these moans . There is a saying, if you can sleep while your neighbor is being robbed, don't worry, you will be next . No body that time thought of these young kids when they justified that they have to pay for their numerous grandsons and wives.
Just think who had been responsible for the mess which has started affected them. Next in line will be Capts because soon you will have P2F Capts. It is unfortunate that absence of talent will also be visible after some years as this industry is no longer attractive to bright students
Last edited by Samju; 8th Feb 2013 at 01:02.