Ixixly wrote:-
Also paying Pilots properly would be excellent, the training is so damned expensive yet the EBA for a SE Pilot of a normal C206 or Airvan for example is just shy of $43,000 a year? Bump that up by a couple of grand I'd say and start cutting the red tape and overheads generated by CASA for GA Operators to help adjust for it and you'll start turning the tide I'd say.
A perspective on this, is that it is roughly inline with what a 4th year apprentice Panel Beater or Spray painter would expect to earn.
Or if you dig deeper into the wages regs, the minimum adult wage.