Originally Posted by
inbound466
is the American dream over for oz pilots now ?
The legacies have slowed hiring due to delivery delays, and all of the LCCs are losing money and shrinking right now. Spirit unfortunately on the verge of collapse doesn't help either. Because of this, regional airlines have recovered their staffing levels, while schools continue to pump out CFIs ready to jump on RJ FO jobs.
That doesn't necessarily mean the E3 path is dead, but if it is ever to spool up to how it was it won't be anytime in the near future.
My guess is that we are returning to a more normalized version of career progression, vs the meteoric rise through the seniority lists we've seen the last 5 years.