Originally Posted by AirBear

This is former JetBlue CEO D. Neeleman's new airline. Looking at a 2021 start date using A220's, but may get some used E195/A320 to start in 2020. What's interesting is their discussion of the pilot shortage. They even say they're looking at what sounds like some type of ab-inito program.

Here's the link but I'll post the paragraph about hiring below:

https://www.cntraveler.com/story/all...mestic-airline

“One of our challenges there is an acute pilot shortage in the U.S.,” says Trey Urbahn, who’s involved with Moxy and also works closely with Neeleman at TAP as the Portuguese carrier’s chief strategy officer. He notes that new rules adopted by the Department of Transportation following the Colgan Air crash in Buffalo in 2009 require that all commercial pilots in the cockpit have a minimum 1,500 hours of flying time; previously, a co-pilot could begin with as little 250 hours. “The result is that there are fewer people entering the profession,” he says. “With an increasingly small pool, we need to have competitive pilot salaries to attract them from regionals,” where pilots typically begin their careers. Moxy is “looking at creative ways to create our own pilot pool,” Urbahn says, such as establishing an in-house training program. “You have to get people really early in their careers, when they first decide they want to be a pilot.”