Originally Posted by
CODs4ever
All this talk of flow, staple, defined path to DL, blah, blah....it means nothing. In a few years, assuming there is not a major war or economic meltdown, the majors and LCCs are going to have to absorb just about every regional and military pilot looking for employment who isn't a convicted ax murderer or previously committed mental patient. Regionals will fold and that 40-year experiment will be over....
Seriously though... If there are approximately 20,000 U.S. regional pilots and 15,000+ mandatory legacy retirements on the horizon, who will fill those openings? Not being sarcastic or rhetorical, but don't those numbers take care of a flow?