Originally Posted by
Web265
There are several that went to majors before upgrading, I'm guessing they had jet PIC from another employer. One of my classmates left for United in 6 mos (prior mil)....
Last month about 45 left RAH for greener pastures, 9 total pilots that we know of went to the "Big 3", 3 of those were FO's.
The rest went all over including: Jet Blue, Allegiant, Atlas, UPS, Spirit, Frontier..
I’m not trying to be pessimistic, but 9 out of 45 isn’t great. That’s only 20%.. And out of those 9, how many had prior military experience? My guess is the majority. So for a pure civilian pilot, the current odds of moving from YX to the Big 3 still aren’t great. Probably less than 5% of those moving to the Big 3 are pure civilian with no military background.