Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Very true, but it isn’t necessary for the legacies and LCC/ULCCs to hire away all the pilots from the legacies to destroy the legacy model. If they merely hire away the junior CAs and the FOs with 750-1000 Hours of 121 time, the model collapses quite quickly.
Yes, the model is in danger of collapsing, at least the outsourced part.
Bringing them in house would solve the staffing problem... no shortage of pilots who will fly RJ's if they have a mainline number & benefits. They could seat lock 1500 hour wet ATP's into the RJ's, and let experienced turbine pilots hire directly into other fleets.