Originally Posted by Cujo665

That is exactly what they’re hoping for. We told them back in 2014-2016 that it would be the lifers that kept the company flying when they can’t keep captains.
all they saw was how expensive the senior guys were. We asked them how expensive cancelled flights and planes sitting idle was…. covid gave them two years extra to smarten up.
they made the right move, were first to do it, but it was still later than it should have been. If they’d done it back in 2016, they’d have lots more people entering the profession who’d be ready to sign on the line right now. Instead they waited until it became a crisis. It will be another 2-3 years before the influx of people getting into the profession now are ready.