Originally Posted by
wt932051
I am surprised Mesa is still filling up the new hire classes. Everyone we are hiring right now won't become a captain unless we get awarded additional flying. Unless you already have the hours to upgrade, would it makes sense to come to Mesa, because then you might bypass senior FO's who do not. I would think PSA and Piedmont would be filling them full since guys getting hired now would have upgrades waiting. Although after they accepted those contracts I would understand why one might not go to PSA. Am I missing something? Are there more pilots looking for jobs then are available?
Yes--you are missing the fact that many of the new people coming online right now are AllATP/Riddle types whose mommy and daddy paid for everything, and they're coming here for the Instagram pics in the cockpit of the EJet.
This is not a joke or an exaggeration--they want to fly the shiny jet with the engines under the wings and tell their friends they fly for United. PSA/Piedmont wouldn't look as cool on their instagrams, because the pointy 900 doesn't look as cool.