Originally Posted by
ChillBillPilot
Only a few regional airlines are hiring now and with all of the furloughs, I would think that the furloughed pilots will be snatching up these jobs relatively quick, which leaves me a 500TT pilot in a lurch. What are your guys opinions on the industry and whether or not it will bounce back, and if it will then when do you predict? Has this happened before to this extent? Thanks for the future input and sorry if I placed this thread in the wrong section.
Yes this has happened before, in the early 90s. Even getting a job as an instructor was tough back then and you had to have at least 2000TT to even get a commuter job, if you were lucky.
Will it bounce back? Yes, but who knows how long this time. I think we are about to be in a full blown recession/depression thanks to oil prices and the housing debacle.
As much as thing change, they stay the same