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This is the source of the current shortage. It is much more time consuming and expensive just to become a commercial pilot now. This has completely disrupted
by willnonya 4y ago
This is the source of the current shortage. It is much more time consuming and expensive just to become a commercial pilot now. This has completely disrupted the progression and training in the pipeline and will not be alleviated by halving the pilot requirements.
When this flight hour change runs head first into a large number of pilots retiring the entire industry is going to be in a state of emergency.
- bombcar 4y agoWe solve that by going to war; the military is perfectly fine sticking a 19 year old with 20 hours of stick time behind the controls of a supply plane. And when the war is over we have a glut of pilots.