Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
600-700, even a thousand a year across the three legacies 40,000 total pilot population is not stagnation, but pretty close. Only 2% per year and that’s a 20 year projection.
Gf
It's 2000+ a year just from the big 3 airlines. The problem is not just warm bodies to fill those seats, but the training pipeline, sim availability, etc. And many of those warm bodies will come from Regional and Corporate, making staffing even harder than it is now.