Originally Posted by
BeechPilot33
Anyone have an idea of how many qualified applicants the big three have on file. I’ve heard one to five thousand. Any recruiters are those in the know care to take a SWAG? By qualified I assume 1000 TPIC and a 4 year degree.
There will never be a shortage at DL, UAL, AMR, SWA, FedEx, UPS since they all have almost zero turnover and only retirements ~ around 2200 per year. And hiring give or take around 3500 per year combined. So do the math.
7 years at a regional and the jump is as real as it gets with networking because that is what it takes
I would say around 11000 same applicants trying to break the code with the numbers you posted however Remember, every year the list is constant at 11000 since more qualified pilots enter this list from everywhere
That’s from a legacy recruiter very close friend of mine