Originally Posted by
GoCats67
And when they realize that the 600ish in our pool are the same 600ish in DL's pool who are the same 600ish in AA's pool, they will realize the pool isn't as full as they think.
I would suspect real interviewing will start back up again pretty quickly. And we will prob hire more than they think as we will have some folks start here that live in ATL or DFW that will leave when their other CJO generates a class date and we will have folks leave DL and AA for UA that live in DEN or SFO or?? when UA calls.
There are a high number of experienced 121 CAs at LCCs looking to change jobs, which is very unusual. As that pool of folks is gobbled up by the legacies, we will be back to interviewing and hiring regional Captains and LCC FO's before too long. It will seem like too long if you are one of those folks, but it will still be way less time in those positions than "normal."
You really think they're going to hire (U)LCC FOs without TPIC?
I'm not so sure, and a ton of ULCC FOs have a fat 0 TPIC. But i also agree that what's going on now is temporary. The well of TPIC (to the level that the ULCC CAs have) is not very deep.. Most of the experience left in 2021-2023. That's why they were hiring low time pilots.. There was nothing else.
Since the slowdown a year ago, sure, it's filled back up.. a little. Not sure how much though. Competitive mins will be hard to predict I think.