Speculation on the future of the regionals
03-13-2022 | 05:40 AM
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03-13-2022 | 05:49 AM
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03-13-2022 | 07:17 AM
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90% of the guys i talk to flying is there life. They will retire when they are forced to. The other 10%. Have way better life's and will retire in there early 60’s..
03-13-2022 | 08:23 AM
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Most of the 60+ pilots are at the majors, and I think most of them are in a financial position to hang it up at 65. Not everybody wants to fly until they drop, many would like to have time to enjoy what they've earned.
Although I think full SS is now at age 67 for those people.
But there are other factors... ICAO does not allow age 67, so many such (senior WB) pilots would have to be re-trained on domestic fleets (assuming they're even willing to take a pay cut and enjoy domestic schedules at 65+). That would further jam up training pipelines.
03-13-2022 | 09:51 PM
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You’re the most senior of your career at retirement. For many, that means the best trips and easiest work and most amount of time off. If I was still healthy and could drop down to 1-2 good trips a month, I might stick around a bit longer, even if I was financially set.
03-14-2022 | 08:04 AM
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You’re the most senior of your career at retirement. For many, that means the best trips and easiest work and most amount of time off. If I was still healthy and could drop down to 1-2 good trips a month, I might stick around a bit longer, even if I was financially set.
Exactly this. I used to think I would punch out before age 60, but once you’re at that seniority level, making money is so freaking easy that there is no reason not to do it.
03-14-2022 | 08:31 AM
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Also if airlines don't want to deal with re-training and scheduling 65+ pilots for domestic only, they might legally be able to require that you be fully qualified to fly to any destination your fleet goes to. Any mainline fleets that don't go to CA or MX?
03-14-2022 | 10:19 AM
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Well, there’s the whole risk of losing a lot of market share that can never be regained if the regionals are simply left to wither on the vine. AA in particular is at risk of this.
03-14-2022 | 10:25 AM
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You’re the most senior of your career at retirement. For many, that means the best trips and easiest work and most amount of time off. If I was still healthy and could drop down to 1-2 good trips a month, I might stick around a bit longer, even if I was financially set.
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