Originally Posted by
N2Core
Agreed. It's not like there was a major hiring wave in the past 10 years or so. Only a little movement. Where were they gonna go? There hasn't been enough movement to clean out even close to all the senior pilots flying for regionals. It's mainlines ultimate goal to transfer all mainline flying to regional flying for the most part, slowly but surely. Some would'be chose to stay anyway had there been any substanscial movement. A pilot, no matter regional or mainline, should ever be punished for being "too experienced." Even going to mainline is not a safe bet.
This. and what Imapilot said. It's almost like many junior guys feel that going to a major is like going to college, where you apply every year and they take hundreds of thousands of applicants. Not all of us had perfect timing, were able to get on with less than 1000 hours from 04-08, upgrade in 2 years when we had the time and get out the door at a good hiring cycle. Little things like massive 9/11 furloughs and schedule cuts, recessions and oil prices and mismanagement got in our way. Tell me, how many mainline pilots were hired since 2001 vs how many regional, military and 91 guys have applied? I know this falls on deaf ears of the ones that should read this, because it's like arguing politics. They have made up their mind and don't want to listen.