Originally Posted by
Yumyum
The problem with that mindset is you aren’t considering the amount of highly I mean highly qualified pilots on the street. That’s just the beginning.....come October 1st you add thousands. The bleeding is going to continue until vaccine or people stop caring. The big three airlines are going to look nothing like they did pre Covid.
Absolutely. Three regionals have already gone under as have a couple 135 operations. And that’s before 1 October. And people forget that the military cranks out about 1000 potential airline pilots a year, guys who have either gotten to retirement eligibility or have at least served their ADSC. And For the last 6 months most of those guys have pulled their paperwork, stayed in, and are waiting anxiously for a better hiring environment. All those guys are going to get picked up before Joe CFI with bare ATP minimums is going to get a shot.
The days of any regional tossing out free ATP classes and bonuses to attract someone with 1500 hours are gone, and they won’t be back for a number of years.