Originally Posted by
block30
Thanks for your reply. Yeah, the number of new commercials is indeed falling dramatically. Of those who do get a commercial, not all stay in the US, not all fly professionally, and not all go the airline route. Which is why I so vehemently agree with JungleBus's post about "The Insanity of Concessions in 2014." I would love to know what upper management is smoking or what their big picture plan is!
I was surprised to see some of the concession stuff get voted in also.
Based on regional jumpseaters I have had on my plane the last few months airlines like Republic, PSA, expressjet etc are having trouble filling classes. According to the guys they will schedule a class of 15 or 20 and 3 or 4 will show up.
On the flip side we are getting back a good bit of flying that was farmed out to the regionals after 9/11. In the last few months I have flown city pairs on mainline that we have not seen since pre 9/11.