Old 01-25-2023 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by AerChungus
I'd be curious if they start only hiring R-ATPs now. Tons of applicants with both 1000 and 1500 hour qualifications that don't meet unrestricted criteria due to tt or xc time that would be stuck for 300-500 hours while the 1500TT/500XC folks can just bounce to ULCCs
Don’t see how that’ll help rpa. They’ll need an unrestricted atp before they can qualify to upgrade. They’ll basically qualify for in restricted atp and be eligible to go to a lcc well before being captain eligible. Adding more FOs just means they’ll worsen the fo to captain ratio they currently have. In fact FOs going to lcc helps them now only because it gets fos that aren’t flying off pay roll. If they had an FO shortage then you could make the argument for different tactics to prevent them from leaving.
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