Originally Posted by
AnotherEagleGuy
I disagree, I see a certain future.
20k mainline retirement over the next 10 years with 22k regional pilots available. Do the math.
40% of that is Military hires. Plus 20% cargo,corporate, fractional, foreign hires. There are a lot of dream chasers out there. Look at all the people coming back in the industry that have been out for years. All wanting a shot at the "big time."
sooo 8000 jobs or about 800 per year. Yep.. seems about right. There are a lot of delusional people out there that think regionals are a golden ticket and they will sell out their colleagues to get ahead. A lot of movement in regionals is for people leaving for LCCs. They too are trying to improve their chances. Get real, not everyone can be a widebody captain doing international legs. I am not a regional lifer either.