Originally Posted by
Cujo665
That’s just it, there weren’t. Not until PSA raised their hand.
2013-2018 was the bubble shortage while guys went from needing 250 hrs to needing an ATP. The places that took planes used it to advertise quick upgrades triggering lateral moves, recycling their seniority and allowing the whipsaw to continue.
Um, we hired over 4 times as many pilots in 2014 and 2015, at $25/hour for FOs, as there were on property at the end of 2013. While the ATP rule change had gone into effect, nearly EVERYONE had gone out and gotten their written done BEFORE the change so they wouldn't be subject to the CTP course.
It wasn't until late 2015 that our hiring slowed dramatically, until the company finally came to their sense and realized that money more than flow actually does motivate people, and not too much longer after that that every regional airline started offering the CTP course to get people qualified.
In short, there were PLENTY of pilots looking for work in the 2014-2015 time frame.
Again, Strategic Retreat.
Your guys screwed the industry and everybody else in it for self advancement on the backs of everybody else. Yep, that was a different pilot group.... yet, you’re over here spouting the exact rationalizations they did. You belong exactly where you are, and if you’re representative of the average PSA guy, then the group hasn’t changed and will screw anybody over so long as it help them.
Congratulations, you’ve validated the whipsaw again with a new generation.
Yet you're still expecting a much smaller pilot group to vote against their own interests so they could risk losing flying or shutdown, then come fly on the bottom of your list.
Your self righteousness reeks of self interest.