Originally Posted by
DOGIII
You made some excellent points in your post. This one, in my opinion, is not one of them.
Members have been saying here that many regional FO's have been getting hired by majors while captains get passed over.
Couple that with the fact that due to the regional industry's erratic and arguably less stable nature you might find 25 year comair captains amongst the ranks and FO's waiting a decade to upgrade in some stagnated/furlough-prone companies. I don't think that supports your generalization.
They are hiring FOs, particularly if the major the FO is going to is the customer of that regional. They know if they take FOs, their regional supplier will only have to replace that FO. If they take a captain, their regional supplier will need to replace that captain AND an FO.
So, take a captain=need to find 2 more pilots. Just take and FO and only need to replace 1.
So, don't fool yourself that they're only taking the most experienced from regionals. It makes no math/staffing sense.