I figured this deserved its own thread.

According to official announcements, here are the hiring plans for 2022.


Alaska: 167
Allegiant: 184
American: 1500+ (goal is over 1800)
Delta: 1800
FedEx: 800
Frontier: 600
JetBlue: 600
Southwest: 1200
Spirit: 400
United: 1500 (goal is over 1800)
UPS: 260


That will be about 9000 pilots hired in a year at major airlines in the US, provided that these airlines can find enough pilots to hire and training departments can keep up.

The real question is, which regionals will be the first to fall? I would expect at least a few regionals are parking large percentages of their fleet in early Spring.