This. Late last year Eagle was hiring like mad before the bankruptcy, and it looked like it was going to be another 2007-type hiring spree. Now, with the economy heating up, 65-year olds about to come of age, and the new 1500-hour/ATP rule, where are regionals going to find bodies to fill their classes?

No, I'm not salivating about a coming "pilot shortage." But regional airline personnel managers have got to be wondering where they are going to get the bodies, especially when an ATP might get you something more decent than a regional FO gig.