That article is a joke.

Southwest is losing new hires right and left. Frontier and Spirit are treading water and can’t grow.

United and Delta are growing as fast as possible. United is getting 138 new jets this year and much more in 2024.

The pool is empty. Regionals will collapse and ULCC cannot grow and will have trouble not shrinking.

$150,000 DE captain at Air Wisconsin. If that’s not desperation, I don’t know what is.

Maybe by June Envoy will be offering $500,000 for a direct entry captain.