There’s this weird belief that solutions to problems will always be found but like I’m haunted by the fact that airlines thought that an unlimited supply of Air Force trained Vietnam pilots would last forever… and acted like the talent crunch that resulted was an act of god
The FAA could introduce a multi-crew pilot's license to lower the barrier to entry but yeah Baumol go brrr
One of the main villains of aviation policy is general aviation. Free-riding off ATC and gatekeeping pilot training for the vast majority of prospective pilots. As with many policy areas you can never hate local gentry boomer parasites enough
It is kinda funny that there’s kind of the YIMBY idea that our economy is getting ruined by old people against a more progressive populist that it’s the monopolies and the corporate donors but thanks to the magic of the ETF they’re literally the same people