Originally Posted by
YANXJTPilot
IMHO part of the issue is the creation of a large pool of pilots with tons of glass jet time.
Experience that would probably have put you at the top of the stack to get hired at a major in the past, when regionals flew few jets.
Now, that relatively larger pool is competing for a proportionally smaller shot at a majors job.
The carrot has been moved.
You could arrange a staple at the same flying pay on the same planes and it seems like most would be happy.
There's a dwindling number of regional airlines to have bid against each other anyway.
It's not like we don't have good metrics, good safety, and good training at XJT so wouldn't a staple probably improve things overall?
In addition to not having anything to staple to, United has made it very clear that they don’t want to flow or staple anyone. They want to pick and choose who they want. The regionals have to be much less selective to fill their classes. Basically, United already has enough crazies that slipped through the system, they don’t want an open border and make it worse. It doesn’t really matter now anyway. The cuts are going to be deep and felt by everyone.