Spoken like a true SWA pilot :cool:

"Good luck, I hope you aren't furloughed."

Spoken like a true regional airline pilot. Come on dude, lighten up.

How will people get from point A to point B if there is shrinkage? People need to travel. Will they drive?

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Have you guys tried to travel anywhere lately? It's almost impossible to use my travel benefits.

I know right!

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Everyone seems to be jumping on the contrarian bandwagon lately since the majors haven't begun hiring yet.

The shortage will come, it won't affect the majors, the regionals will always be here. Now whether the regionals will just get absorbed by the majors or not we'll see.

Ab-ignition programs for the majors will not happen. Look how long it took to get this ATP rule through the process. The most recent proposed end result still seems somewhat strict at 1000 TT with a University flight program.

There will NEVER be a shortage of pilots at companies that provide the most desirable of jobs. For other employers that provide less desirable jobs, they either improve the terms of employment (compensation, benefits, QOL, etc) or face pilot recruitment & retention issues.

The free market at work!

The only "wildcard" is whether companies like Delta, FedEx and UPS will back off of the hiring standards? I think that is the bigger issue, will companies at that level have to be a little less picky moving forward? Only time will tell.

Seriously? I was joking... how much 'lighter' can ya get?... :confused:

They will have to.... Its going to be a supply/demand issue, and if the supply of pilots that meet the more stringent requirements dries up they will have to adjust. They will have to adapt to survive which could be a scary scenario. Only time will tell....