Originally Posted by
DryMotorBoatin
pilots struggling to find work due to experience requirements=airlines not finding pilots to fly their airplanes.
its a different way to say the same thing. the airlines wont let it happen. "plane and simple"
This. People can talk all day about the merits of requiring an FO to have an ATP/1500 hours for safety, etc., but the bottom line is that in one year or less the regional airline system will be in deep trouble. Who cares? Good? Regionals now provide more than half of all domestic lift.
Regionals have generally been hiring from between 500 and 1000 for years. They will find a way to do it again before Aug 2013.