Originally Posted by
WARich
This might be a loaded question and provide many opportunities for the conversation to get hijacked, but where does everyone see the industry in 1, 5, 10, 20 years? This includes what happens with the majors, regionals, pay, QOL, hiring, everything.......ok....have at it....

1: Majors expanding and hiring.
2: Regionals expanding and hiring.
3: Majors shrinking and furloughing.
4: Regionals shrinking and furloughing.
5: Newly minted pilots saddled with $200K student loan debt and lousy prospects of career advancement/salary progression.
6: Aviation schools talking about upcoming pilot shortages.
7: Current pilots posting on APC about how bad the pay, stability, and QOL is like industry-wide.
8: Prospective pilots ignoring above info and asking questions on APC such as what is the quickest way into the industry.
9: Allegiant opens a pilot domicile in Gary, In.
10: Sky High still airing his complaints on APC.