Originally Posted by
Bartok
There are at least 1500 pilots at 9E that are competitive with the rest of the Regionals.
And the first 500 are probably more qualified than most Regionals.
Thats a lot of classes to go through. At 12 9E pilots a month that is 42 months. Even if they turned down a third of the pilots = 330, which is 28 months.
I doubt they will waste their time turning every single pilot down over and over again.
This is their objective anyway, they need to clean out the top of 9E to keep costs low.
You do realize the top of the 9E list (or any list for that matter) isn't cleaned out for a reason right? (And only some of them the reason is that they are content and staying for life).
Shy is the kind of guy who looks for bad news like there is a reward for it. The company could come out tomorrow and say "we are going to grow and get more flying" and shy would poo poo all over it saying he will believe it when he sees it blah, blah, blah. The same company could come out and say "the end state of the company is 81 airplanes" and shy would take it as gospel and tell everyone to run for their lives" like a chicken with its head cut off. He is even trying to leave VA for Spirit right now. As soon as he leaves VA he will poo poo on them too and say how wonderful spirit is and that everyone at VA is dumb for staying there,the writings on the wall, the die is cast.... blah blah blah... anyway you get the point. Its always better where shy is.
I am NOT looking to go to Spirit. That was only a thought at a certain point, but I'm not making a lateral move. It's not worth it. And you are right about growth, at any airline, believe it when you are sitting in the new airplane. For the record, I left before the 81 plane end state. I don't vote yes to paycuts.