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BATOL
Ding ding ding ding! Exactly right. Although "success or failure" must be qualified as to for whom. I think it's probably working out exactly how Delta intended it to.
But to your original post, troll or not. As you'll soon find out, 2 years is an eternity in this industry. By than the regional landscape will certainly look vastly different. Some may consolidate, some may vanish, some may be scooped up/stapled/B-scaled with their mainline partners. I think most of the 60 seat or less fleets will be gone or dwindling. Long story short, spending time on the drama boards this far out trying to divine the future of this or that carrier is a colossal waste of your time. Go watch Mythbusters and drink a beer. You'll have 40 years of airline pilot complaining. Why subject yourself to two more! Just keep your nose clean (no arrests or DUIs) and knock out those hours! Get your Commercial Multi ASAP and apply at Cape Air, Era, Airnet, Iron Air, or any host of places that are hiring guys below ATP mins. And if you're just now starting your private, no way in he77 will you be applying to regionals in two years. 750 hrs/year is more than many of us fly! Unless you have a trust fund, a Seminole, and live in Arizona, it's not likely. That said, best of luck to you and don't let the doomsdayers get you down! (Seriously though, get off the APC crack pipe for now).
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Roger that, yeah I've been watching these forums for the past 6 or so months just trying to get a feel for the industry and what not. If this board has taught me anything it's that a lot of people on here like to get sidetracked and start arguments for no reason. The plan right now is to be flight instructing come February and hopefully done with all my hours within two years. But we shall see as far as that timeline goes. The real goal isn't to flight instruct to build the 1500 hours but right now that seems to be one of the quickest ways that I know of. Sitting at 90 hours with a private in less then 2 months I'll take it, still got a long way to go you're right about that. Thanks for the advice and as much as I hate it, I'm probably gonna stay hooked on scanning these forums every so often.