Originally Posted by
Northwest727
I'm sorry if this has been discussed before...I'm a n00b.
Anyways, as you know, the pilot shortage came to a screeching halt in about March. I once overheard someone say that there is a "6 year cycle" as to these pilot shortages. Is that true?
I am just worried as I am a junior in college, and in 2 years, I will graduate and be ready for the regionals, and I hope I will be able to find a job, or at least land a job with the once-low minimums of yesteryear.
A few low time guys aren't going to change pay rates for everyone else, the companies choose to do that. Look around the world, you can get a job fly a 73 or 74 with 200 hours yet you're still paid well. If you have 1500 TT it's more prudent that you get that TPIC faster vs 500 when you know qol will mean a lot more.
This whole thing is in relation to the uncertainties at the Majors because of oil prices. I have a feeling once things calm down, we'll likely see minimums we've never seen before, no one is dumb enough to become a comm pilot now. I strongly suggest you do something else though.