dude100
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Of course their not, who else is really hiring now?
I know we at Piedmont are just about to drain our pool of pilots then upgrades and hiring will stop (unless the PHX thing really happens). But most of the regionals, especially those with only 50 seat Rj's have seemed to stop hiring or fourloughed.
But what will happen is that when the hiring begins again most people tend to jump ship off the crappy operating airlines for the ones with okay upgrade times and better contracts which equals better pay.
Mesa is a good example of this. The only thing they could offer with their crappy pay was a quick upgrade. Once those upgrades stop, people starting bailing left and right.
Its also happened at Piedmont, we have good pay and a great contract. But when our upgrade was over 4 years people jumped ship to RAH, Compass, ConEx, Comair etc.
You just never know whats gonna happen.
:erm: Windsurf is absolutely right about that. The flood gates will open.