Originally Posted by
KyberCrystal
When an airline shuts down the industry typically loses 10-15% of the pilots. They retire early or find work outside the airline industry. If the goal is to get pilots then the best route is to merge airlines. Nobody likes the seniority merger but most people who would have otherwise left the industry, stay in a merger.
That won’t happen. The only regional who can afford anyone (and they have the cash for multiple acquisitions) is SkyWest. The worst move SkyWest has ever made was attempting to merge the ExpressJet pilot group after they bought them out.
If you know anything about OO’s history, they lost a CEO over that financial mistake, and his right hand man is now the current CEO (CC had a front row seat to the acquisition). They’ve decided to go a separate route to eliminate their competitors (and it’s working).