Originally Posted by
DarkSideMoon
There wasn't. There is now. There's a shortage caused by years of low wages. 91/91k/135's are struggling to fill classes of low time pilots. The regionals are scraping the bottom of the barrel for applicants even with 65,000 first year pay. The pool of qualified candidates is gone and **** is going to hit the fan when the majors start retiring 60% of their workforce in the next ten years. The pipeline is so empty right now it's going to take years to correct (which is a good thing if you're a pilot).
Regional classes have been running just fine. They even turn down applicants.
It's fake news sponsored by management looking to repeal the 1500 rule and to make sure they still have cheap warm bodies to fly the feed.