Originally Posted by
2StgTurbine
I would disagree. The best time to start training is BEFORE the hiring wave. We are 1/3 of the way into it. By the time the OP realistically finishes training and gets 1500 hours, we will be half way through it. Then the OP still has to gain experience at a regional and by the time they are competitive, the bulk of the retirements will have already happened.
The OP surely wouldn't be on the start of the wave, but I don't agree with "half way through."
Didn't Delta's folks just put something out saying the big 5 are going to need something like 34,000 pilots in the next 10 years? ...and the really big numbers don't start for about 3 years.