Originally Posted by
bluespoon
Yep regionals are going to shrink considerably. Right now a CFI can easily go to Breeze, Frontier, Spirit and others and just skip having to fly for the regionals. I don’t even think the flow thru carrot is all that enticing anymore since it still requires a pretty lengthy time commitment. ULCCs will become the new “regional” carriers like in the rest of the world.
I laugh at your lengthy commitment comment. Because people trying to get out of the regionals have been trying for years. 4-5 years to get tons major when you start at 21 is nothing. When I first tried to get to the airlines nobody under 35 was taken by a major (excepting some MAC or SAC pilots). Times have changed.