Originally Posted by Whacker77

To all those who say new hiring is decades away, don't be so quick to make firm pornouncements. You may be right, but the economy seems to be doing far better than anyone thought. Just the fact the economy has stopped going down has enabled some people to be recalled. Don't forget AirTran bought back all of its pilots and several others have brought a few back as well.

Maybe I'll be very wrong, but Eagle was hiring up to the day AMR announced furloughs in May 2008. It wasn't recalling until it started recalls last week. Point is, thing can change quickly. I mentioned this somewhere else, but a friend who is a captain for CHQ told me Tuesday he heard all furloughed pilots for Republic were supposed to be back by the spring. It's a rumor, but at least it's not bad.