Originally Posted by
dera
Hard to see how the regional model can compete. Even ACMIs pay so well these days. 1st year Atlas FOs making 205/hr, and senior CAs making 520/hr for some flights, without doing OT.
That 50/hr for the dream of flowing one day just isn't going to cut it.
The WOs aren’t the only ones paying $50ish/hr. Mesa to Skywest and everything in between aren’t paying that much different. SKW is planning on growing to 7K pilots by end of next year. No flow with anyone else. I foresee changes. There will have to be, but the demise of regionals is not around the corner. There is just too much incentive to keep two separate classes of pilots. Still have fractionals and part 135 stuff. Wages and conditions will have to change and more people will start deciding to be pilots again.