Originally Posted by
Bzzt
Over 5 years...haha gotcha.
There is no pilot shortage, never will be. Article is on jetnet someone will link it I'm sure.
That 1500 includes the contractual eagle flows as well. Guess if you're a bottom 824 guy you'll be waiting another 6+ years for that lottery ticket to come due.
So how many commercial pilots with 1500hrs will be apply at the regionals next year?
Hiring projections;
American 300
United 500
Delta 300
Southwest 200
Frontier 100ish
Spirit?
JetBlue?
FedEx?
So that's roughly 1500 pilots, take into account that RJs will shrink next year by numbers the effects won't be greatly felt but as you approach the end of the decade the retirements number increase substantially and we will see a huge increase in hiring while new pilots continue to decrease. You can be inmature and make comments like this or you can't see that regionals will struggle next summer and beyond. Don't forget the growing Asia market and US airlines growing as well as new rest requirements.