Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
On one of the earnings calls they were talking about how the regionals are getting decimated with pilot attrition. LCCs, JB etc are hiring to replace pilots going to United, Delta, Southwest, and regionals have the double whammy of losing pilots to LCCs, JB etc as well as the Majors. I think the regionals are going to look much different at the end of 2023 because the number of pilots being hired at just UA, AA, DL and SW is something like 9,000 in the next 2 years. United has started putting 70 a week in new hire class, which they can do since some new hires are going to the 777 and 787 out of new hire, so they have more training slots available and won’t back-up the 737, 757/767 or Airbus pipelines.
Are the regionals getting a lot of new hires to replace pilots leaving? I can’t imagine they will find enough to fill all the slots they need.
Every co-pilot in my Reserve squadron is going to Republic. Not sure about the civ/91 side, but any young, 750 to 1500 hour reserve guy I know got picked up at a regional. The regionals will change, no doubt, but there are plenty of young guys/gals at the beginning of their careers that are catching the wave too, albeit at the regional level.