Originally Posted by
SiShane
I think hr5900 is good for the industry but why haven't they put out a grandfather clause yet? Seems like none of regionals know what they are gonna do with hiring.
Gonna be a disaster. In 2007-2009 when Eagle was hiring at 300-400 TT, they couldn't get bodies in the door. Eagle's pilot forum would report every Monday how many actually showed up for newhire FO classes. If it was tough to get bodies at 400 TT, what's going to happen when age-65 retirements create vacancies at majors, but regionals can only fill their places with 1500-hour ATP's?
Believe me, it won't take much..just a couple airline lobbyists-- "Mr. Senator/Congressman, we will never be able to keep up with staffing or training costs..we will go out of business and crash the entire economy..here's a few million for your 'campaign'"