Originally Posted by Cubdriver

Interesting post, but it is not just Eagle that is hiring such minor percentages of the total pilot interview applicants they bring in for an interview. ExpressJet, Great Lakes, and Republic are a few others that I personally know are doing the same kind of thing, skimming off a few golden faces from any given pilot interview group. You could say they just don't get it, that staffing disasters are imminent as a result of their failure to recruit enough new faces, the up and coming pilot training pipeline is dry, etc. but I suspect they do get it, the pilot pipeline is not a lot less than it ever was, they are not failing to hire enough people for their projected needs, and there is no staffing disaster coming anywhere at any regional anytime soon, period. They know what they are doing. At least it looks that way to me and they are all acting about the same way- it is business as usual in airline pilot hiring trends. Minor differences at best. They are hiring what they need. Pilots desperate to hear of a magical shortage is what is really going on.