Originally Posted by
FL450
The earliest they are talking is later summer hiring (not classes but hiring) so that would leave a august maybe september class. However that wouldn't make sense because thats the end of the summer season so your back t square one again.
Disclaimer: no the guys I'm referencing are not the 2,3,4,5,6, or 700 hour wonders that are bashed here all the time they are the new wave of 100 hour wonders
You also failed to mention, that with so very many experienced pilots on the streets, there will be very little interest in folks under 1,000 hours unless they are from a few of the affiliate bridge programs.... and even then, they won't be in a hurry to hire them as long as the supply of experienced pilots keeps flowing.
There is no sense in spending tons of money trying to train a new hire, hoping they will pass.... when there are plenty of pilots who have already proven they have what it takes to make it through long term events.
So, while I agree that hiring will resume around August/September... these 400 hour wonder pilots should not be expecting anything for a long long long time to come.