Originally Posted by
Rahlifer
This is what I was alluding to with my snarky comment. The last 15 years saw the loss of thousands of mainline pilot jobs that were replaced by unqualified children in a ridiculously large fleet of RJs. I'm not throwing stones from some high perch. I'm also someone the "benefited" from the explosive growth of RJs at an enourmous cost. I contributed to the outsourcing of my future career yet as a starry-eyed 20 something, I was too blind to see it. It's just nice to see the end of the RJ era. Hopefully the same mistakes won't be made.
Agreed. I too benefit from it to start the career, but let's not forget what the RJ did especially after 9/11 in the 2002-2007 timeframe. Thousands of mainline pilots and mainline planes furloughed/parked while the RJs boomed and young pilots came into the industry for pennies on the dollar compared to the legacy standard.