Originally Posted by emb145

I think you are correct in that something doesn't add up. Changing policy to accept non degree candidates and also in the same policy change, begin paying for new hire accommodations can mean only one thing. That something their hiring department sees indicates that the candidate pool is thin and drying up.

This great reshuffling of regional flying within the past two years has kept Compass and PSA with a steady stream of applicants coming from shrinking and dying carriers like Envoy and Expressjet. As LCCs and the majors are now all hiring at a steady clip, regional pilots at all carriers are taking advantage of the ever increasing "pilot's market" and bailing for greener pastures.

The climate has been changing slowly during this period and I believe will begin to accelerate even more this year. Consider that shrinking carriers like Envoy are STILL hiring. Not only that, they are still offering hiring bonuses.

PSA and Compass will exhaust the supply of ship jumpers sometime in the near future and the days of new hire classes of 20 to 30 will be in the rear view mirror.


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