Originally Posted by
atpcliff
"I personally don't believe the legacy carriers give a squat either way. Why should they, you can't make them!"
DAL/UAL/AA are deeply concerned, because the don't want to park airplanes. They realize unless something changes, that they will not have enough pilots to man their aircraft because of the worsening Pilot Shortage. I am taking about MAINLINE aircraft...not RJs!
I don't believe mainline carriers are having any problem staffing their airplanes. Remember, they can hire co pilots with the same minimums as any regional airline if they choose to. There is absolutely no reason a major airline pilot must have large jet PIC experience to be a copilot on a 737 or A320.
What will likely happen is the majors will simply take back the flying from the B scale salary regionals they contract to and be forced to expand their own staffing. Which means they will find a different creative way to reduce labor costs.