Originally Posted by 20sx

Toiletduck, the regional numbers are there to show around how many regional pilots there are. Compare those numbers to the retirements and it can be seen that the regional pilots have a really good chance of going to the majors if they want.

Dondk...very true. Cloudy the future is (think Yoda). But optimistically, economy slightly picks up over the next 5 years. One carrier gets absorbed into another, which leads to some pilot job loss (in a merger, it's not like they totally get rid of the other carrier, delta-nwa, usair-america west, twa-american---ooops). What I'm saying is, even is one carrier goes down, I think with retirements it can be absorbed and still lead to decent movement. If the economy really picks up, then the airlines will grow and really lead to hiring. If... if.... they push better duty rest, then that will lead to temporary growth at the regional level.

After 9/11, it looked like the majors were never going to hire again. Very very bleak. It did start again. Next, high oil and bad economy. This too shall pass. It's the neverending cycle of highs and lows with airlines. I'm just hoping that the retirements will finally even out the highs and lows and give us, during good times great movement, and during bad times at least steady movement.