Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Except it’s those majors hiring off the top that have a ripple effect down through the regionals - particularly the wholly owned and/or those with some version of flow. And most regionals are at or near the size allowed by the scope of the majors they feed.
Certainly the FAPA major hiring stats are not the be all or end all of commercial aviation, but every expansion or retirement at those majors certainly ripples through the whole industry to some degree.
Not necessarily. Even when every Legacy was hiring 2000 a year combined with the majors hiring right after COVID, it was still tougher for an entry level pilot to land a Regional job then it was from 2016 though 2019 when the Legacies were hiring a lot less.