Originally Posted by
dualinput
Perhaps trying hard to get out to only the legacy of their choice in their regional domicile. Trying really hard to for 15-20 years to leave a regional would’ve resulted in leaving for somewhere most likely between 2012 and 2016 at the latest and would’ve been at least the second time someone with that kind of tenure had a decent opportunity to get out. If they stuck around they weren’t trying hard or got comfortable with their place in life.
When I was attending at least a job fair a month and trying to get tickets the second they opened and standing in day long lines for a chance to talk to just one person from airlines that were only starting to hire, I was flying w guys saying that was stupid and it wasn’t worth it. Really they just didn’t want to put in the work. Same guys settling that spirit is “better than my regional”
I remember the early 2000’s were filled with furloughs and bankruptcies and 20+ year upgrades at the legacies. Pay was half what it is now. Plenty of guys and girls furloughed 2 times from United were spending their third tour starting back at the bottom of SkyWest seniority list. Hiring was practically non existent for 10 years. And then once the hiring started you had a 10s of thousands of regional captains jockeying for a lot less jobs than are available now. Times have changed for the better. But people who spent 15 years at their regional weren’t passing up any legacy, fedex, ups, or southwest job in any base. My roommate had to interview 3 times for Hawaiian in 2012. It was a 3 step interview process, 3 separate occasions over maybe a few months. He had multiple internal recommendations from family member who were pilots with Hawaiian. He finally got the job, but their were 1000’s of pilots lining up to work for $38 dollars an hour and most of them were turned down. 15 years at a regional is understandable.