Everyone needs to wake up from the notion that the Airlines will be so desperate for pilots that they will hire qualified professionals.
As in any business, as in the airlines, when they didn't want to pay the price for qualifications, they went to the Feds and got approval for Ab initio, Affirmitive action recalibration of pilot skills, ect.
We want to believe that a mass exodus of pilots will make them so desperate for pilots they will hire YOU but the reality is that they will hire who they want, gaming the system or evironment variable to their advantage. Either you fit their criteria or not. If you want a job at the airline you have to morph to a certain morally pliable robotic team player that tells them what they want to hear and be willing to follow an incompetent captain into the side of a hill for an airplane seat. Simple as that. No matter what the retirement schedule or economy, someone somewhere will need a marshmellow to put the gear up as directed for 15 years of their life until such time they are allowed to move into the left seat to touch the autopilot button and tell the other guy to put the gear up.
Last edited by Teldorserious; 18th Sep 2013 at 21:22.