Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Regionals will have to offer it...if any single company does not provide it, that company will have ZERO applicants as long as other regionals are hiring.
That could possible change in some hypothetical future time when there is a surplus of entry-level pilots, but I'm not really seeing that in the next couple decades.
It seems reasonable for a regional to offer the training, but what about the others? Quite a few non 121 outfits want pilots to have the ATP when they show up (not to mention a type rating). I can't imagine a regional or a 135 spending upwards of 50K on type ratings and ATP without locking you in to a longer term contract.