Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Well, we'll have to disagree. For the record, since coming to a legacy, I find the senior captains to be the least clued in to what's happening in the industry. I think many of the younger regional pilots are more in tune as they pay attention being at the beginning of their journey instead of coasting at the end.
The push for age 65 wasn't because most pilots only wanted to work to 62. Don't forget that the legacies can be choosy and it's been a decade since military pilots had a shot at any of them. Your assumption of a measly 1000 pilots might only nick a few hundred from all the regionals, which is nothing. It's going to take a lot more then that for a sustained period of time to show up in real movement and many regional pilots will be well into their 40's and 50's in 5-7 years.
Any movement is good though, because it opens things up in different places, which causes people to shuffle around. Say United hires 10, 2 are RJ captains, 2 part 135 and 1 is Corporate 91 and 5 Military. That opens 2 RJ fo spots 2 135 spots and 1 corporate spot. Not all of these will be from the entry level, some guys will go from 135 to RJ fo,some from 135 to corporate some from corporate etc. I know im stating the obv, but people shuffle during upward mobility periods.