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?
Your calculation needs some work. 10,000 apps: how many have no 121 pic? no college degree? Remember also, the same guys have applied at every carrier. There aren't 40,000 apps out there. There are 10,000 at 4 major carriers (AA, UniCAL, SWA and dal), and a lot of those same apps are at the LCCs as well.