Originally Posted by Excargodog

I think that for a long time the regionals accepted career FOs who had a side hustle - even FOs who saw their airline job AS their side hustle - because with CAs aplenty and the majors not hiring many pilots they could afford to do it. Now they can’t. They can’t keep CAs and are CA limited and can no longer afford to burn 121 SIC hours on people with no intention to upgrade. It ain’t personal, just business.