Originally Posted by
Jedinight
After 2012 when pilots in the Legacy carriers start retiring in masses the regional’s will have massive attrition and this time the Pilot factories will need more time to build qualified pilots.
In the past when pilots were needed flight schools would ramp up operation and get pilots ready in 6 to 8 months. Now you will need them to become flight instructors for more than a year after they get their commercial.
There are lots of high time former airline and corporate guys outside of aviation right now. I know guys doing everything from real estate to custodians. I currently drive trucks and heavy equipment with 11000TT. All they would have to do is pay a living wage and they would have all the regional pilots you could shake a stick at. NO true pilot shortage will ever exist.