>need 1500 hours of flight time just to be considered for a job
>can't get work doing anything but flight instruction in the meantime
>without CFI it costs at least $200k and 2 years of flying 2 hours every single day
>basically the only sure way to do it is to be independently wealthy from passive income to have the money and time to get to 1500
>meanwhile there's a shortage of qualified pilots and airlines are desperate to hire people
Why is the aviation industry so dysfunctional? What's even the point of a CPL when you need an ATP for pretty much every job? They're just purposely making it as difficult as possible for anybody who isn't rich to become a commercial pilot. I can't think of any other industry that functions like this.