Spirit Airlines which demands 4,000 FW TT has 4,000 applications on file.
Alaska and JetBlue has about 3,000 apps on file.
Southwest just started accepting apps but I do not have a count yet.
And those are not the same pilots they have on file as most pilots apply to all airlines? And when the pilots find a job they will let the other airlines know that their application is no longer valid?
I was there with the last hiring boom and the interesting thing is that once the airlines start calling they will be in for a big surprise.
The regionals will be crying for staff by years end because of the stupid 1500 hour rule and the fact that more than 50% of the few people training in the US will go back to India, China, etc....
