Originally Posted by
TimetoClimb
1). Has anyone seen updated tables of retirements with the early outs of covid accounted for? I'm seeing a 20000 over 5 yrs number thrown around.
Sounds a little high for the US, but maybe in the ballpark
Originally Posted by
TimetoClimb
I'm just not convinced it will ever reach crisis levels. It's a damn good job (for the right type of person) and airline funded training is an actionable cost effective measure if necessary, and can be implemented gradually as needed.
Yeah they can scale it up or down as needed, and we started to see a little of that pre-covid, B6 and UAL I think had very limited sponsored training programs?
One thing they don't like about doing that is they commit a lot of money to unknown, and typically very young, candidates. They might be able to guesstimate who will make a good technical pilot by testing but it's harder to guess who will make a good employee and represent the company well that early in your life/career. Guess they can always gamble and reserve the right to not employ you in the end, although flows baked into regional union contracts seem to be trending more towards guaranteed employment.
Originally Posted by
TimetoClimb
I've got 1000 TPIC and phone is dead silent. Until my peers at the 3-6 year experience level in 121 start moving on in significant numbers I'm not losing any sleep over it and I'm guessing recruiting teams aren't either.
Keep your apps updated, keep pushing, you never know what might trigger their interest and 1000 TPIC makes you worthy of consideration by all.