Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots?
by atemerev on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:14AM
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There's only one other possible source: the ticket price.
Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots?
by mseebach on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:36AM
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Cancelling flights is pretty expensive. I would not be terribly surprised if the total cost in foregone revenue (both from the flights not flown and from the opportunity cost of the decreased inventory on the flight passengers are rebooked onto), aircraft parking fees, couriering lost luggage and in compensation/accommodation provided (whatever little that is) is in the thousands of dollars per flight.
In other words, all other things being equal, you can probably train a decent number of pilots from savings from not cancelling flights, without plucking tax payers or raising ticket prices.
As long as they charge 6 figures, there isn't a real pilot shortage. This is just the industry whining in the hope of finding a sucker (US taxpayers) to subsidize a training program for them.