Originally Posted by
C441
Would I be right in guessing that's mainly from non-mainline group entities with a few less-senior S/O's from Longhaul?
I believe most US operators wont take an ex-Qantas group pilot unless they resign; that is not acceptable if on LWOP.
I haven’t heard of a single current mainline pilot resigning to go to a US regional (legacy carriers only on offer for those with green cards). Even if there were it would be a single digit number only.
I suspect a few who took VR may have taken up a contract to fly for Atlas for a couple of years, but only after a VR package, and pretty much everyone who took VR had less than 5 years to go to retirement anyway. There’s certainly no “exodus”.