Originally Posted by
AlaskaBound
Then I suppose those doing the hiring at Compass lied right to my face when they told me those numbers. I can't say there have been 0 CFIs hired because that would be ignorant. However the statement I was originally responding to is flawed logic. Now, if 98% of the new hires at Compass, Slywest, or any other carrier were CFIs and this was their first 121 carrier then I would retract my statement. But the fact remains that CFIs hired in to the pool are very very rare.
I have no idea about the Compass pool but the statement I was commenting on was that pilot shortage doesn't exist because the only people being hired were former 121. Every single other airline but Endeavor are hiring CFIs. I know of CFIs with less than 1600 total going to every other regional.