Originally Posted by
flysooner9
Yes but the majors are planning on hiring roughly 4,000 this year. A very large chunk of those will be regional pilots. So first you have to hire to make up for that attrition. Not saying they can’t do it, especially if one or more regionals close up shop or are acquired for bodies.
The majors hired over 4900 last year (2017). It will likely be closer to 6000 in 2018.