Originally Posted by
Approach1260
If you know a way to avoid regionals then I know several thousand pilots who'd love to know the secret.
Your point counters your previous point. Exactly the region model has largely had a captive work force AND still does. Delta cutting 9e would have been another blip in whipsaw history.
The entire country has a tight labor market. We have benefited by the strong economy, retirements, airlines hiring at full capacity for YEARS, the tech-boom drawing smart kids into that career, the internet disseminating information on pay, qol and “a day in the life” in near real time and finally 1500 hours was the nail that prohibited airlines from using experience requirements like a workforce accumulator. The funny part about crying about 1500 is that R-ATP neutered it. I know most of you can’t imagine being excited for a regional to announce that after years they plan to open hiring again. 1500 hours has almost never in the history of what we are doing here been remotely competitive to even get an interview.
You think the fleeing of 9e lifted wages for us? Pilots fleeing to the bottom of the next pilot list is exactly how this whipsaw works! The sum of the entire environment is the only reason why it backfired for Delta and eventually United (xjt-> commutair transfer)
You ain’t pretty.