Originally Posted by Ravenwing

My employer, Envoy, said in a company email that they plan to hire 600 pilots in 2025. They are bringing back professional sim instructors next month to increase their training capacity. They are planning for growth, attrition, and flow. I imagine that the other AA wholly owneds are making similar plans. I think the industry will start to see more movement in January when AA resumes training new pilots.

The wildcard is Spirit which sent out an internal memo about more furloughs coming. Rumor is they are talking about merging with Frontier again, but they have been struggling and there is still a chance they may go out of business. When high time Spirit pilots get hired by the big 3, there is less room for regional captains to move up. The low time Spirit pilots may jump to the regionals, leaving less room for pilots looking for their first Part 121 job. Just the threat of furloughs is going to make more of their pilots job hunt and therefore slow down attrition at the regional airlines.

Keep updating your applications and consider getting an app review, resume re-write, and interview prep. Position yourself to be at the beginning of the next hiring wave. It's still going to be competitive.