Originally Posted by
N2Core
Wow, you are quite the rabble-rouser. I'm not saying they would care, I never did. And if you think it's that hard to replace a 35K a year job, think again. I've had a couple of opportunities to leave the regionals for comparable jobs, but for what I've put into aviation I should at least give it a chance before leaving the industry. If what you stated were to happen (which it won't), I'd pack my bags, broseph. Because then there would be no hope, and that's the only reason a lot of these planes at regionals leave the ground.
Captains make more than 35k a year and thats over half your regional population. Would you lose some FOs? Yes, of course. Would you lose them all? No, of course not. Would the ab initio program suck for those of us currently at a regional? Absolutely. Will that stop the companies from doing it if it saves them money? Nope.
Your opinion is based on the fact you don't want an ab initio program to happen not that it won't or can't.