THE REAL THIRD RAIL ISSUE

Continuing to Believe That Pilot Training Requirements Will Get Changed OR That There is Some Other Airline/Aircraft Fix to the Conundrum – Because Small Community Air Service is an Entitlement?

Whether by statute or regulation, regional airlines, network airlines, small community airports and their representatives face a very real conundrum. Given the scarcity of qualified pilots, regional airlines are asking themselves: Do I fulfill my Essential Air Service (EAS) obligations to the government and break the terms of my contracted flying with the network airlines? OR Do I fulfill my contractual obligations with the network airlines and break the terms of my EAS flying? This commercial reality is about to become a reality for politicians at all levels of government.