Originally Posted by
duvie
After 2012 and the pilot shortage we'll be in the driver seat for a while, give it another few years, an economic downturn or two and I'm sure we'll give back what we made
I hope you don't think that 2012 is some kind of magic bullet or something for your career. There are plenty of guys on the street that are underemployed, flying for a foreign operator, back in the military or just taking a break from flying. Its gonna be several yrs before all of the recalls and the highly qualified guys are back in the saddle at the majors. The only place the (perceived) shortage is gonna be is at the commuters because of the increased TT requirements. Hopefully that will translate into a pay raise for the commuter guys to attract candidates. I think its gonna be along time before we are back in the proverbial driver's seat again