Originally Posted by
Bassman1985
I agree with all of the above, IF of course you manage to even get called for the interview in the first place. With thousands of regional drivers having their apps out and still waiting for a call so that they can even find out if they're mainline material, I think that's where a lot of the bitterness comes from. Bad attitude? Tool to fly with? How would they know if they don't interview them?
Of course. However every airline can't interview every applicant, especially in a timeframe as relatively short as we've seen since hiring picked up only fairly recently.
And even if the legacies instantly interviewed every regional pilot and they had a 100% hire rate, they'd have to be replaced with more regional pilots, and then they'd want an instant intrview with a 100% hire rate, etc…
Mass hiring has only begun, yet we've already seen significant angst about getting the call from not only regional pilots but military and others as well. Its been a rough bottleneck for sure, and I and I think most people certainly understand that. But what we've seen so far is just the tip of the spear. I think its safe to say that the significant majority of regional pilots with active apps out will get calls for interviews in the coming few years, especially those that network and actively manage their careers (and even many that don't).
Add hard work and prep to that, and the success rates will be very high IMO.