Originally Posted by
JetDoc
I have some news for you my friend. Having been in this industry for over 25 years I can tell you unequivocally, if an airline managers lips are moving, they're lying. In addition, even if those numbers were true, it's the same 10,000 guys with 90% of them having apps out everywhere. Whatever number united or delta, aa et al tosses out there, divide it by at least 3 and that is the true size of their pool. It's here folks and the the first major understand this and get out in front of it is going leave the others holding the bag.
I get it that management lies, but what the hell do they have to gain from overinflating the number of apps on file??
And yes, most people have there apps out everywhere, or at least more than one place. However, there are new people putting in apps almost daily.
I used to fly with captains all the time that couldn't seem to get the call with 7-10k hours, thousands of TPIC, many of them good guys with checkairman/ training dept/ union volunteering experience. When those guys start going en masse, and the majors actually start hiring pilots without a 4 year degree I'll believe that the shortage has really hit.