Air Transport World article on being a Airline Pilot

[neville_nobody]

An interesting, balanced article on the pilot situation in the USA. Some interesting points raised none of which are going to go away in a hurry.

Losing its Luster | ATW Online

[student_downunder]

regionals

Just think before the GFC in Aus there were people going straight from flight school to the right hand seat in regional airlines, how safe is this?

[neville_nobody]

Well it can be done safely, as long as time and money is spent, just as the article points out.

Can anyone see an Australian airline spending US$326,710 PER CADET like Emirates claims.......

Oh but hang on Australia's pilot labour cost are to high.....