Originally Posted by
Biggbird
And 3.5-4 years is a long time to have to fly an atr when someone can be a regional jet captain in 18 months these days. Who's to say this program will even be around then? I'm sure retirements will continue to grow but thats all the more reason that they'll take people off the street for "mainline" Fedex. Empire and MAC arent big airlines and probably wont dominate new hire classes regardless of having the program.
Yeah, I’ll buy that for sure. Only reason a place like MAC would ever be more appealing than the jet regionals is the MEM base. Although from what I’ve read, getting the base you want at MAC is virtually impossible (maybe not, just what I’ve gathered from some very quick investigation). I’d really prefer to be at a more traditional jet regional anyway, just wish we had one at MEM.