Originally Posted by
DropYourSocks
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.
United is taking delivery of 100 A321/B737 narrowbodies and 20 787s this year alone. Hiring is projected to be about ~2000 in 2026 and ~2500 in 2027. Not sure how you determine that to be a slow down in hiring.