Originally Posted by
GatorHog
That's huge news about the TPIC if true. FWIW they said at WAI they expect ~12,000 pilots within 10 years.
Any idea what was meant by "qualified" in that 2,400 number? Assuming it's 1000 TPIC. Regardless, if they want to hire ~700 this year and ~1000 next year, that's over 2/3 of the supposedly qualified applicant pool in just 2 years. If that's the case, makes sense to drop the hard 1000 TPIC requirement.
~12,000 in 10 years seems more realistic.
I don't know what they mean by "qualified." Guys with F-16 time I presume. Joking! I assume it means there are 2,400 on file with 1,000 TPIC. Problem is those same 2,400 are probably on file with AA, DAL, UAL, UPS and FedEx.