Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Yep, that is why I tell the guys that are juniors at the flight schools to get their time asap. They need to be in a position to be here at 24-26. They literally will be captains for almost 40 years here. A few years at the regional than two to four years to upgrade here. Of course they will stagnate, but it will be in the left seat of a 73N.
Some will hit it quite well. (That is if we do not shrink)
Yep, that's what I'm telling guys I know. Of course things will change, but you have to make your choices based on what you know now. Who knows, maybe we'll grow and have a pilot group of 15,000+ by 2022. If we do shrink, I don't see how we can shrink below about 10,500. I think it is more likely that we will grow than shrink. We're gonna have to have about 40 more 777's to compete with the new United.