Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
I think the majority of regional pilots would chose to jump to a major right now, but in the future how many opportunities will there be for hiring? When Delta starts to hire will they bring on 100 or 1000? How many currently furloughed guys with major experience will be ahead of the regional pilots? If it takes 2, 3, or 5 years for majors to start hiring will regional pilots still want to jump ship as badly? Too many "what ifs" to guess how things will pan out in the future.
..Of course now versus when the airlines start hiring is a huge difference. I know its impossible to see how you will feel in the next five years let alone by dinnertime.
..There are alot of furloughs out there that have not seen the cockpit of an transport category airplane for a year already. Guys at the "regionals" will be qualified AND current. How many apps have a "how many hours in the last 90 days" question.
Thank you for your input all.