Originally Posted by Browntail
Fact, legacy airlines will never do that because of the military factor. Guys coming out of the military are qualified to go directly to the mainline. Any legacy that does a program like you describe will not get any military pilots to fly there. They will not start out in RJs.
That's not true anymore. Plenty of squadron guys at regionals, even turboprops. The majors don't want that in house cuz ex-military guys are accustomed to a living wage, and they'd set a bad precedent demanding $50K/y starting as a 19 seat FO. Twenty year old "Academy Graduates" are much more maleable.. er.. amenable.
The mainline guys have GOT to get hold of their scope clauses, and bring most or all the regional flying under the mainline roof. The second class citizens are tired of eating cake, now they have 100 seat "RJs", and if Ornstein gets narrow bodies we're all ********d...