Anyway, 1500 hour rule gone by summer 2024.
Age 67, maybe... 1500 Hr. rule - not a chance. Let the training pipeline catch up... and once we go around the sun maybe 6-8 more times the 'pilot shortage' will be good for maybe another generation.
The seniority 'stagnation' compared to right now (at the legacies) in the 2030's is gonna be amazing to watch, it's gonna be like the mid 'aught's all over again.
I'm looking forward to be the old guy telling the stories to the kids on my jumpseat, using my wooden fork, whittlin' away at the "so called cheese" from the cheese plate... making chess pieces...
"Now, back in the early part of the century, in '05, you would go to a job fair and stand in line for 3 hours to have five mintues with an AirTran recruiter."
"What's an AirTran you ask?"
"Even crazier than that is people would spend thousands of dollars, which is like $20,000 in today's dollars, to buy a type rating in a 737 just to get your foot in the door."
"No, it didn't guarantee you a job, it didn't even guarantee you an interview..."