serves plenty of purpose cause its going to help me choose where i should go. doom and gloom is the thread on why becoming a pilot is a waste of time. now thats doom and gloom

 

The ones that fly airplanes...

 

good answer

 

There are plenty of other POSITIVE threads that dont incite inflammatory comments.... It you want to see some more examples look at any thread with Go-Jet in the title and see how long it lasts.

 

Don't mean to hijack and excuse the post from a non airline guy but there's something that I have wondered and maybe stryker might like taking it in this direction more. Where do you all see the regional industry in years to come? I remember reading this article not too long ago on how the regional business model is not sustainable.

It makes sense. Sometimes being a contract company can be a fruitful success in certain sectors. I think this is mainly true when there is not too much competition and/or there's a variety of services or goods that can be provided within that industry. Look at military contractors, there's food, uniforms, transportation, weapons etc. But with the regional airlines there's one service and no short supply of investment groups ready to throw some money at an airline.

Seems to me that with time the number of regionals will reduce through bankruptcy's, acquisitions, and mergers. And I think the remaining carriers will have to work harder at retaining pilots and the age of the regionals being a stepping stone will be gone. I really don't see as many people getting into this career considering the cost, ability to secure loans, and atp rule.

But I could be wrong and everything remains more or less the same.

 

This thread'll die soon enough. Nothing to sustain it for long.

To the OP: I have my doubts about Trans States Airlines. Trans States Holdings will still be going strong thanks to "the airline that shall not be named."

 

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Oh, you mean GoJet? I hear that's a lovely place to work

 

You bein' a wise guy, huh? I see, I see how it's gonna be.

 

I believe the era of the Regional business model has come to an end. It made sense when fuel was cheap, pilots were constantly cycling through keeping costs low and you could send a Dash or CRJ to a small city five times a day becuase the plane cost about $20 a seat. Since fuel is through the roof and especially since 9/11, more people are looking to make a career out of the regionals and thus think the pay should be equivalent the the legacy carriers. Thats not how a Regional works. The model is based on an endless flow of cheap labor and cheap fuel. I think it is time for the Majors to bring the flying back in house, get rid of anything below 76 seats and probably reduce flights to the smaller markets.

I knew what I was getting myself into when I joined a Regional. I knew the pay and the work rules suck, but it was never meant to be my endgame. So, I just bide my time and hope the hiring floodgates open soon. Just my .02.