Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know
by mrguyorama on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:58AM
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Pilots aren't in short supply. Pilots willing to accrue $40k in dept for the necessary education to then get paid $25k a year are very much in short supply. Many regional pilots are on food stamps. This is the reason I currently write software instead of flying commercial airplanes.
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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know
by mprev on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:03PM
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The going rate for training to commercial level in the UK is £120k. I wonder what accounts for the difference. Pilot wages are higher than the $25k you mention. Are those regional airlines subsidising the training?
Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know
by softawre on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @01:23PM
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Shouldn't wages increase with demand? Why aren't they?
Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know
by RugnirViking on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @01:37PM
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If only the market was as simple as this. The reason as with many things lies with the fact that when an industry has a small number of large employers, they can conspire to cap wages fairly easily without ever actually speaking to each other, and indeed it probably happens without any illegal conspiracy, just them banking on each other to not undercut.
Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know
by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:46PM
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It's been years since I was a student pilot, but it doesn't look like things have changed much. Back then, there were many commercial pilots at the low end, making peanuts. Only at the middle & upper levels do you really start to make money
It's a similar situation to National Park Rangers: there are so many people willing to do the job that wages are very low.