moxiepilot
Florida Pimp
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- Apr 13, 2005
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Mkubwa-
I think that your idea excludes one major portion of pilots, general aviation. Your idea strictly targets the professional and while that might have been the intention the only thing it would effictively do is raise the cost of a certificate.
Allow me to explain. Theoretically, anyone with enough time and money can come across a commercial or ATP rating by sheer persistence. Therefore you are shrinking the pool of applicants but not the ability of the applicant to be any better than the average current pilot. Point if case, bad doctors. Any idiot can become a doctor. That is not to say the majority isn't the most highly skilled, but I hear stories all the time of specialists who really shouldn't practice.
Does that lead to higher salaries? Maybe, but those higher salaries might just be what it takes to pay off training debt. Having worked for a number of doctors and seen their financial plight, pilots are no better off.
As for not allowing someone who has not lived in the country for 15 years to not be employed as a pilot is xenophobic and is no different than stating that a black person can't be a captain unless they've hung out with white people for 15 years. That's a crock.
I think I understand what the essence of that part of your query is, but wholeheartedly disagree. Basically what you're stating is that the pilot has to fly as a private pilot for 15 years. Which means at a 10 year career would have had to moved here at 35 years old. I didn't have this career change until about then.
Overall, interesting suggestion
I think that your idea excludes one major portion of pilots, general aviation. Your idea strictly targets the professional and while that might have been the intention the only thing it would effictively do is raise the cost of a certificate.
Allow me to explain. Theoretically, anyone with enough time and money can come across a commercial or ATP rating by sheer persistence. Therefore you are shrinking the pool of applicants but not the ability of the applicant to be any better than the average current pilot. Point if case, bad doctors. Any idiot can become a doctor. That is not to say the majority isn't the most highly skilled, but I hear stories all the time of specialists who really shouldn't practice.
Does that lead to higher salaries? Maybe, but those higher salaries might just be what it takes to pay off training debt. Having worked for a number of doctors and seen their financial plight, pilots are no better off.
As for not allowing someone who has not lived in the country for 15 years to not be employed as a pilot is xenophobic and is no different than stating that a black person can't be a captain unless they've hung out with white people for 15 years. That's a crock.
I think I understand what the essence of that part of your query is, but wholeheartedly disagree. Basically what you're stating is that the pilot has to fly as a private pilot for 15 years. Which means at a 10 year career would have had to moved here at 35 years old. I didn't have this career change until about then.
Overall, interesting suggestion