The airlines wasted the 5 extra years to do anything to prepare for this. Wages came up only in reaction to supply issues. In 2015 regionals still paid 26-30 bucks an hour and many LCCs were still under 60k first year, some still are! 🤡

... meanwhile the cost of training keeps going up... this career just needs to pay more 🤷🏼‍♂️