Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Plenty of folks back at the (west coast) regional who would kill for a job at AS. If I spent the morning on the phone I could probably get a 100 volunteers to start in two weeks. Would they stay? Depends on growth(merger?), age, family, competitiveness, and opportunity.
I agree, I don’t think any airline out there will have problems filling classes as long as the regional model, as we know it today, still exists. Just the same as regionals will always fill classes as long as CFI’s, Jump pilots, banner towers, etc. are still looking for jobs. Just look at QX. The wheels were falling off last year and now they don’t seem to have problems filling classes. As I said above, pilots will go to a place that works best for them regardless of being a #1 company.