RAA says shortage will cause contraction
 

Swelling pilot pay could force US regionals to contract, impacting communities: CEOs

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Higher pilot pay rates at regional airlines could become a problem as carriers seek to balance a pilot shortage with maintaining flights to smaller US communities.


SOURCE:
https://www.flightglobal.com/strateg...150258.article

or it'll attract people who didn't want to spend a ridiculous amount of money to make sub 40k a year with crap QOL. The money was always there, the carriers were banking it instead.

it'll take time to get those people in the door though.

Just need to get regional feed for the regionals.

Already have that at AAG. AA pilots now fly feed for WO pilots.

Comment of the year!

Not mentioned anywhere in the article: while regional pilot pay has been poverty level to this point, incommensurate with the technical labor provided, the newfound ability of regional pilots to feed themselves may result in some hypothetical service drawbacks to obscure communities

Can the driver log PIC hours?

no, but maybe they can log DIC miles? :D

How long is the flow from Bus to AA?