I personally hope that the entire pool that United has is completely dry. Not because I don't want those folks to come here, but because I want all the majors to see that they are going to have to "compete" for the best applicants. While I don't think that time is here quite yet, the more difficult it is for the legacy airlines to get folks the better off all legacy airline pilots are. We are already seeing this at the regionals, do you think signing bonuses are out of the goodness of their hearts???

With the recent rumors that have now been confirmed by ALPA (that I imagine will be confirmed tomorrow by Flt Ops in the weekly update) that UA is going to move up the resumption of classes to next month and then be aggressive in hiring, we will all be in a great situation. With every legacy hiring and apparently hiring in big numbers, current strong applicants will have choices, and regional/LCC airlines will be absolutely scrambling to figure out how to find replacements for all those leaving. If the regionals were struggling this summer imagine how bad it will be by next summer! This will pressure the UA/DL/AA into bringing even more flying inhouse, and hopefully pressure the LCCs into paying a competitive wage to their pilots.

For those of us already at the legacies, we will see a continued increase in flying and a continued pressure on wages in the correct direction.

Not saying this is going to last forever, but sure looks like it is time to make some hay while the sun is shining (put some away, then by the boat)