Originally Posted by Wildmanny

Shack! I mentioned this exact sentiment a long time ago. While the majors start paying their guys more than us AND are stocking their benches with the most qualified guys, we are going to get what is left.

What we have within flight ops is a crisis in leadership. We have been rudderless for so long that in order to break us free of the myopia, something drastic will have to happen. I believe that you'll see a major change in the direction and players in fairly short order. We have deluded ourselves into thinking that we are so incredible that everyone will fall all over themselves to come here. Except they aren't. Unimaginable that we can't fill not one, but two newhire classes.

We better figure this out pretty quickly. Projections are that the U.S. domestic market is going to need 45000 pilots to account for age 65 attrition over the next 10 years. So, either the age is going to have to be raised again and the qualifications are going to come down.

Tick tock. We are in the calm before the storm. Discuss.

WM