Originally Posted by dirtysidedown (Post 1493944)

In reality,how many older RJ captains that have 10 years or more at their company making a comfortable living, good schedule,and living in base with families are willing to change companies at this piont to start all over? I believe we will see more lower time RJ and LLC FO's jumping ship to the majors who are stuck in the right seat for the unseeable future.

Originally Posted by Bzzt (Post 1493834)

1500/5=300 pilots per year

300 is .017% of the roughly 17000 regional pilots in the US. Good luck with your lottery ticket.

As to the people having good careers in aviation that's all relative. I've said it before I'm 30 years old and even that is too old for the type of airline career I wanted. Flying with 14 days off the rest of my career is not ideal no matter the monetary value of my hours flown. My goal was to doze for dollars in the right seat with 21 days off a month and realistically that's not attainable unless you get hired very young and at the beginning of a wave.

This announcement is not "bad" news but it isn't good either, this is certainly no shortage.

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Bzzt[/B];1493834]1500/5=300 pilots per year

300 is .017% of the roughly 17000 regional pilots in the US. Good luck with your lottery ticket.

As to the people having good careers in aviation that's all relative. I've said it before I'm 30 years old and even that is too old for the type of airline career I wanted. Flying with 14 days off the rest of my career is not ideal no matter the monetary value of my hours flown. My goal was to doze for dollars in the right seat with 21 days off a month and realistically that's not attainable unless you get hired very young and at the beginning of a wave.

This announcement is not "bad" news but it isn't good either, this is certainly no shortage.

Originally Posted by Apokleros (Post 1493928)

For those in the top tier of the regionals which have waited a long time to get on board with a major, this could be the chance that they've waited upon for so long. For those of us on the bottom rung of the regionals or about to dive in, it doesn't affect our fate too much aside from opening up the to be scorned slots that everyone wants but can't avoid.

Originally Posted by What (Post 1493948)

Considering that the bottom 150 of the AA list are all AE pilots with 18+ years longevity and are flowing at 75+%, I think you might be surpised. With the pressure being out by managements across the board because of Pinnacle and PSA combined with the Delta adjustments in 2015 you will see many lifers bail as their compensation and QOL will only go south from here.

Originally Posted by coryk (Post 1493951)

I bet if someone gave you a bag of gold you'd complain it was too heavy too, huh? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Twin Wasp (Post 1493926)

You better hope there's not a grade school math test on the interview.