Originally Posted by
iahflyr
I have a lot of GA pilot friends with 1500 hours who work professional jobs. If the regional airlines did those and one other thing, they would see a lot more resumes.
-Hire into bases
-Cut down on overnights (1-2 day trips work best)
-Allow part time employment (half time lines or half the number of reserve days)
So they wind up with the same training and currency requirements for half of a junior pilot? I don’t think anyone is THAT desperate yet. Especially since the lack of upgradeable FOs is a serious problem already. Splitting the available right seat time amongst a bevy of part timers would make that problem even worse.