Originally Posted by
Bahamasflyer
I’ll be in a world of hurt then for a long time as a fresh ATP at the regionals�. I’ll have my 4yr deg in late 2021, but wonder if that plus 2000 TPIC will even do me any good 5-6 yrs from now? Not just targeting legacies but all the LCCs too.
Very concerned I’ll be like one of those regional CAs who got stuck similarly in the lost decade. Of course this is changing by the day so I shouldn’t get too much in the weeds.
Grateful I got a seniority number at a regional at least. I’d be on the street if I stayed at my prior 135 job,
not to mention a 2 yr delay getting hired at a regional.
Your timing is probably still OK. Retirements will still happen, I'm pretty sure it will all come together in about 3-5 years again. You'll probably be able to get a regional job before then, if you don't get recalled.
Regionals tend to hire/recall before majors. Major unions have tried to put the lid on that with scope, tying RJ fleet size to mainline size, but BK can fix that pretty quickly.
Lost decade was 9/11, SARS, age 65, 2008 recession all put together... age 65 alone was a straight up 5-year hit for anyone who wasn't exactly where they wanted to be.