Originally Posted by stbloc

what about that fact that majors will be hiring large number and fewer students in the pipeline? most students in the academy are foreigners and don't have the right to work here. It will only take 1000 or 2000 pilots moving on to cause wide spread panic at the regional level. USA Students are not enrolling into programs due to high cost on training and lack of student lending. Do you think this will play a roll? The regional are project to hire around 1000+ this year and the majors haven't really ramped up interviewing yet. where are they going to find these people to fill slot with out lowering the bar? Delta alone is projected to hire 400 and virgin 150 along with 50+ from Spirit. once USair get on board with there aging employees that could easily add another 300-500. With growth and replacement I see regional could need 1000+ maybe even 2000 by 2012. call me an optimist but this is just my opinion.