Originally Posted by
Packrat
Except the RJ guys who lose their jobs. Everyone seems to think they'll automatically get a mainline job. In actuality, its MAYBE a 10% shot at best.
It sounds good that DAL is hiring 600 pilots next year. How many apps? 10,000? That's a 6% shot.
UCAL/AA the same number? That's an 18% shot.
Ask yourself this...would you go all-in in a poker tourney if you only had a 6% shot at getting the card you need?
But what of the next year....and the year after that ?
Those odds get better as time goes on and pilots retire; and the fact of the matter is that quite a few started this 'career' looking at odds even lower than the ones you state.
Amway would be proud.......