Originally Posted by
minimwage4
As far as replacing retirements, I'd venture to say 30% of pilots at the Reginals are lifers or don't want to commute to fly reserve at the bottom again. There's supposed to be about 20k regional pilots but the actual number that may want to move on is much less. Interesting times ahead.
Many or most of them will have their hands forced when they run out of people to swing their gear. The smart ones are moving now, while they can get ahead of the seniority wave. Gonna suck to get ripped out of their cushy lives to sit reserve in JFK at age 59. At least it will pay good .