"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in message
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Rather than raising salaries, the airlines can just lower the experience
requirements to tap a reserve of potential recruits that wouldn't have
previously applied.

Try that crap with their executive salaries and see how they howl.

I'm not so sure that upping the pay would make a great difference.

Where are all the qualified pilots going these days? Overseas? Why was
that, again?

Assuming that they raised the starting pay 50% (a pretty hefty increase,
percentagewise), how many more qualified applicants would jump out of the
woodwork to fly for 30K/yr. instead of 20K/yr.

*hand raised*

-c