That's my suspicion. I mean, they say there's like 1000 pilots for every FO seat. Well...even if 90% of those 1000 people weren't interested, the remaining 10% will more than able to fill those seats.

I say, the Baby Boomer Retirement sales pitch is nothing but another lie and an urban legend!

 

Love that. That should be ALPA's new motto. Except change it to "Pilots" instead of "Regional pilots."

 

Well, you have to remember that all of the lagacies have retrenched and gotten smaller. There are still over 7400 pilots on furlough from the legacies alone currently..btw, that info i got from here. The legacies are not hiring because for the most part they are not growing, not because the stats about retiring pilots is a lie. But like I said, things are slowly beginning to change. And when I say they will be retiring soon, I do mean about 5 years or so. My point is that things will not stay so stagnant in the industry for too much longer, RELATIVELY speaking. Look at CAL, they are hiring already. United has stepped up its call-back of furloughs. I hope you didn't spend 80K or so on CAPT thinking you would be flying an RJ the day after you completed it and on to the legacies only a few short years after that. My original post was directed at a pilot with 3 years of 121 turbine time under his belt and possibly a capt. (captain, not Riddle C"R"APT program) upgrade not too far off in the future. His shot at a job with the legacies is alot more in his grasp than yours, or mine for that matter. BTW...Im not attacking you either...I went to Riddle also, but didn't even consider doing the 737 program when they had it there, let alone the CAPT program.

 

I like that! Very creative. I didn't take any offense to what you said. But I did expect a good shot at flying at the regionals after C(R)APT. But only because they said their screening process is geared toward what airlines are looking for in a pilot and that their training is elite, and that they have all these connections and guaranteed interview agreements, blah blah blah...all lies and twisted truths.

Good day sir.

 

Yeah, I know this kid who did CAPT and interviewed with none other than Pinnacle, but he was not hired. He now has an interview with Expressjet though.

 

Congrats 9E! I know the feeling all too well. I quit on the spot about a month ago from a regional. I had give 2 weeks notice but scheduling tried to screw me over on the wrong day so I just quit. I know that was not the mature thing to do but boy did it feel good! Im out of the aviation industry also as far as a job is concerned. I have found that flying my Piper is more fun! (Not just pushing buttons on the FCP anymore...actual flying!) Good luck in whatever career you choose. I know I am happy as a clam in my new career path. CTL

 

at 3 years, He should be able to hold a capt slot at Pinnacle. Maybe he didnt want to give up his 18 day off line to go back down to reserve or 10 day off line as a capt. But with his tenure, he definitly could have held the left seat.

 

He must of really hated it then.

SKyHigh

 

There must be more to the story that we don't know. I can't imagine resigning at this point, considering the effort to get there. And yes, three years are currently enough to hold a line at Pinnacle as a captain.

 

It is not unusual to up and quit unexpectedly. We had a few guys do that at Horizon. One was a captain who was being forced to transition to a different airframe and during the sim training he decided that he just didn't want to go through all that BS again and quit. He was a good pilot but had enough.

Often when anticipating a coming change we take pause to reflect and self analyze where we are and where we are going. Often it is the catalyst for a paradigm shift.

We are goal oriented, purpose driven beings. Often when the goal is within reach we suddenly realize that we don't really want it anymore but were too busy working to get there to notice.

My theory that a major part of turnover at the regionals comes from dissatisfied pilots who throw in the towel and quit the business. If you airline wannabies try hard enough perhaps you too can quit in disgust in a few years?

SkyHigh

My plane is for sale. Please buy it. I can't stand it anymore.