Originally Posted by
Cujo665
On the contrary, if flow became real and was quicker, and not a 6-8 year thing, the line would be out the door to get the job. Make it a 1.5 years as CA and then flow, and watch how fast they line up for the job. Upgrade as soon as you make minimums, then 1.5 as CA, and boom you're eligible to flow. That could drop it down to a 3 year flow for a new FO....(4 would be more realistic).
You'd be perpetually training new hires, but you'd have pilots in the seats, and flights going out on schedule which other regionals won't.
Two years as captain after IOE is even unsustainable, but I maintain that absolute would be unreasonable. That means check airmen would pretty much have to be lifers. Not going to get the experience you need, through training and get any use out of someone as an instructor in that amount of time. Three years is more realistic.
And while they obviously have to increase training throughput, how are you going to get from where it is now to there?
But flow does have to increase, because if they don’t, they will lose those pilots anyway.