Number of Regional Pilots
09-06-2017, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Varsity
Does anyone know what the regional "lifer" retirement figures look like? Anything remotely close to mainline?
All things being equal (lowest common denominator) no way can they be close.
09-06-2017, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by velosnow
Nope, very few will come close and if so only because of their own savvy investing and being frugal. Only been at 'mainline' for a little over a year and already my retirement funds are skyrocketing in comparison to my years at Regional X.
All things being equal (lowest common denominator) no way can they be close.
All things being equal (lowest common denominator) no way can they be close.
09-06-2017, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by kaputt
I think he might have meant the numbers of people who will be retiring due to age 65 at the regionals, and if that number is as robust proportionally as it is at the majors.
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09-07-2017, 06:42 PM
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It seems like my airline has had a bunch of people that were previously hobby pilots that are changing careers. You know the people that always wanted to fly for an airline but couldn't take a pay cut down to $20k, but when pay is now $60-70k with bonuses they can make it work to have their 'dream' career. I wouldn't say this is a majority of newhires by any means, but there's definitely been an influx of these pilots.
09-10-2017, 03:33 PM
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I don't think we are at any risk of the regionals going away. When I started my university's flight program in 2010 we had 80 freshmen enroll.
This August they had 290 freshmen enroll, by far the largest class in school history.
This August they had 290 freshmen enroll, by far the largest class in school history.
04-03-2020, 08:11 AM
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I think that the list that you have shared is correct. Maybe it's not very accurate, but in general, the numbers are correct. I hope that all these men are really qualified and responsible, because it's a very important profession. The price of a mistake should be extremely high, so they should do everything really perfect. By the way, did you know that every number has a special meaning ? I have recently read on https://www.douchebag.gov/ that every number is some kind of sign. Do you believe in such things ?
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04-04-2020, 07:52 AM
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FAA has some good data. In 2018 FAA issued ~12,000 commercial certificates, ~3,000 CFI (CFi, CFII, MEI). I’m guessing majority of the 12,000 will pursue careers with the airline.. FAA has yet to publish 2019 data. Shortage from the military side, maybe. Don’t think we’ll have one from civilian side.
04-04-2020, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Flying101
FAA has some good data. In 2018 FAA issued ~12,000 commercial certificates, ~3,000 CFI (CFi, CFII, MEI). I’m guessing majority of the 12,000 will pursue careers with the airline.. FAA has yet to publish 2019 data. Shortage from the military side, maybe. Don’t think we’ll have one from civilian side.
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