Originally Posted by
mojo6911
The shortage might be at the regional level, but with Comair down, PCL on the way, there are a lot of pilots on the street to make up for that.
Assuming the regional shortage does come, how are they going to make any money? If they can't put pilots in the front, they will go under. If they raise their pay to put pilots in the seat, they will go under. They aren't sustainable anymore. They will be forced to shut down and the majors will take back regional flying with bigger loads and less frequency.
I hope I am wrong, but I guess we will see.
Correct on many levels. Some regional aircraft can't handle a full boat AND an alternate. Kicking pax off for weight or denying jumpseaters is always bad. Some countries hire ab initio (Lufthansa for e.g.). Germany isn't full of "will they lower the mins?" "will they find out about my checkride failure?". Will mainline take back ALL flying? I guess that means will they fly larger aircraft to small airports and/or fly larger regional aircraft. Until then, there is probably a training website on the right that advertises a CRJ program for 4 grand that willl make you more competitive. Even better, how 'bout willflyforfood.com? Seriously? Are there any willdoelectricalwork/dentalwork/accounting/autorepair/healthcare for food sites out there? jeesh
