Originally Posted by
dhc8guru
The another real concern with all the airlines beyond the obvious, is minimizing furloughs and also how long those who are on furlough are out. If the cuts are deep and long
when this all turns around years from now, they could be facing Regional FO starting pay needing to be $100k a year because no one will touch this career with a 200 foot cattle prod. Something they can't afford to happen.
There is massive speculation the antiquated hierarchy and disparity in pay between senior and junior pilots will have to change in order for this career will survive.
Who knows, how this will all play out. Either way its going to both sad and historical come October.
yeah no, there was a decade of horrible pay and work rules in the 00s and there were still people waiting in line for that flashy Regional job. It took over 5 years of prosperity before the the first Regional closed due to lack of pilots (or so they claimed; Great Lakes) and pay started to go up. And even at that those Regionals that offered a living wage still had no problem filling classes.
This is not going to change anything either. Pay is not going to go up for a long time and we won't see a "new hire bonus" for for a long long time either as there will be pilots lined out the door ready to come back. We may never see a hiring market like we saw in 2019 again. This is the new reality as they like to say.