Originally Posted by dvhighdrive88
What's real and the current reality is that it's finally becoming a decent time to be an airline pilot.
Has anyone considered the last time that happened from a global perspective?
I think Pan Am was flying four engined turbojet Boeings with engineers.
Actually, go back to 2006/2007. Before the spike in oil prices, the economy fell apart and the "Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act", age 60 retirements were accelerating and that attrition was driving movement from regionals to mainline and within regionals themselves.
Before that, go back to 1997-Sept. 2001 - the introduction of the contemporary 500hr pilot.