Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yes. SKW can apparently still attract 1500 hour pilots. Many of our competitors cannot, the bottom-feeders are the ones who really want 200-hour airline pilots back.
And hence, this is quite brilliant if Chip indeed stocked up for the 1500 rule (I don't remember what he actually testified in Congress).
It raises the bar for many by OO can still get people. It fits the pattern of soft landing 2.0 and the strategy of starving other regionals of resources (pilots).