Originally Posted by
GoPats
"148 pilots "off the street" out of 5,500 applicants."
148/5,500 == depressing
I find it hard to believe that there were only 148 applicants with the required education and experience Elvis. I believe it's safe to assume that the odds of having a timely and rewarding major airline career (if that's what you want) are not good.
I hope things change. We'll see.
GoPats,
Welcome to the new normal. At any one time there are more than 20,000 sitting captains in the US with more than 1000 turbine PIC. Most of whom are waiting their chance at the big time. The legacy airlines however are in retreat. They are combining, shrinking and hiring out much of their flying. When hiring does resume at the few legacies that are left it will only be a few hundred at a time from the many thousands who are waiting.
We all only have a brief window of time when we are even slightly appealing to a legacy. Most will slowly come to the realization that their time has past and they are stuck in an under performing dead end and approaching middle age. Not much chance for a do over and not a good position to be in either.
Skyhigh