Great video!! I made it to a major airline with 1600 hours only did 100 hours at a regional. I got so lucky and blessed. I got hired in the hiring wave. I encourage everyone trying to not give up. It will happen when you least expect it.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

Wow that’s amazing! Congratulations. Do you mind if I ask what airline it is?

@bigskyblessing

Ай бұрын

@@pilotkaity Thanks I feel beyond blessed for sure. It’s SWA so far I am loving it. Just about to hit year 2 pay. Our schedule flexibility is amazing.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

@@bigskyblessing that’s awesome!

@phillp7777

Ай бұрын

​@@bigskyblessingwho did u do 100hr w .. regional ? awesome .. so quick Goooodluck

Trying to navigate and forecast these things is difficult. One can develop a certain level of anxiety if they frequent reddit or any other camp fire discussion on airline hiring. I realized that I missed the “big hiring wave” but I can’t be bothered with it. All I can do is keep showing up for work and produce good pilots for the future as a CFI here in CA. I am 43, so already getting a late start, so I have to be a bit more strategic in my regional selections. At the end of the day I will be thrilled to be a part of the 121 world. Good video and it helps give some realistic perspective on the climate of things.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

I love this perspective. Get into aviation because you love it and keep working through it and I feel like everything works out in the end

@keepitleaux

2 ай бұрын

at the end of the day, the day gotta end

@PumpUptheJam81

2 ай бұрын

@@keepitleaux That is the truth! And no matter where you go, there you are!

@PumpUptheJam81

2 ай бұрын

@@pilotkaity Yeah! Otherwise it will start to feel like any other earthbound gig.

Hello Pilot Kaity. Not sure how i have missed your channel up to now. I appreciated what you had to share in this video. Great insider perspective from someone with their finger on the pulse of the industry. Im just moving back to aviation after 13 years away. So great to hear this info. Tha ks for taking the time to share. Ben

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

Welcome back! Thanks for the uplifting comment! If I can make any videos in specific topics that would help you along the way please let me know

Great video! Thanks for putting it together

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for this video 🙏 I really helped out, I’m currently at a regional and really want to move on to a major and I was a bit worried and how fast hiring slew this year compared to last year, this video helped a lot ❤

@pilotkaity

21 күн бұрын

Happy to help! Always just apply when you’re ready to move up and see what happens! I’d suggest using an application review company as well

Great info ty

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

Your welcome! I said 2023 at the end of the video but I meant 2030 lol

Whatever major airline you dream of flying for, do not enter into a cadet- program/flow/ or fly for said major wholly owned. Management has a say so in pilot hiring and pilot hiring managers have a much easier time hiring a pilot from other carriers wholly owned. Example: United loves to hire Endeavor Air pilots because Endeavor is owned by Delta. All the majors do it.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

That’s interesting

Ай бұрын

The couple people I know at air Canada worked at Encore before, and the WestJet folks were previously at Jazz.

Great video and explanation. Some of the comments makes zero sense and I’m not going to give them any further time. You properly explained the pilot hiring situation and that there are delays and the overall numbers will be lower. I hate when someone uses DEI because what they don’t want to say is “The Good Ole Boy Network”, that has hired unqualified pilots because of a friend or family member who has a position of power. Everyone has to pass all pilot training. Hopefully Boeing can get their shit together. One thing that isn’t stated is the delays in Airbus planes (A321XLR certification) and why Spirit is in trouble (Pratt and Whitney engines). With order backlogs going into the 2030’s, there will be a true shortage of pilots.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

Great comment thanks for adding this. Can you say more about the spirit situation?

Layoffs are very popular at companies like Lockheed Martin,they are always hiring and laying off.Aviation was especially bad on September 11.2001 and afterwards.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

Yep it definitely was

When did you make this video? You uploaded it two days ago from April 27, 2024, but you mentioned the pilot shortage going through 2023.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

I meant to say 2030 and accidentally said 2023 at the end

@BeacomOfLight

2 ай бұрын

@@pilotkaity Phew! Ok, I will still pursue being a pilot then. :)

also the media likes to over dramatize those incidents like the Lufthansa 747 landing a couple of days ago. looked like a simple miscalculation and a textbook go around, but some of the titles on those videos make it seem like it was far worse than it really was.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

I agree. The media makes anything with aviation sound like a near death experience

Awesome content. Thank you. I did want to ask a question though. I'm about to start my pilot journey this summer at my local airport flight school. I currently have an associates degree in the medical field. Will having only this degree prevent me from major airline jobs?

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

Right now the majors still say a bachelors is preferred but it’s not required

@gilcooper6548

Ай бұрын

@pilotkaity I see that, but just worry I'll put all this time and $$$ just to get rejected. Sigh. Either way, that's fir the prompt feedback. Loom forward to more!

@miftahuljannat3050

Ай бұрын

@@gilcooper6548I think you should get a bachelors.

@idekav.

8 күн бұрын

@@gilcooper6548you need to be worried about if you like aviation. you got a degree in medicine because like alot of others you saw money and boom the degree didnt help you because thats not what you really loved to do. same concept here.

Jan - March Delta retired 69 pilots and United retired 33. This from the ALPA magazine. I have no idea how many American is retiring as they are a different union. This also does not count the smaller airlines like Southwest and the cargo carriers.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

Wow!

I almost missed it. I got hung up with my medical and would have started and been stuck in the current market. I went to school in the meantime, and maybe that will matter in the long run.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

The current market is still very strong for pilot hiring. Are you currently training?

@danbuffington75

2 ай бұрын

@@pilotkaity special issuance purgatory. I need medical records from a closed V.A. clinic. It has dragged on for years already.

@danbuffington75

2 ай бұрын

@pilotkaity forgot to answer. I'm self studying but not flying yet.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

@@danbuffington75 ugh 😩

Hiring will resume but for most major airlines, they will be hiring for mostly bottom half of the future seniority list. If you get on now the best you can hope for at most places is retiring at top 40 or 50%

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

Interesting

Where is the link to the PDF you created?

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

It’s in the bio of all my social media accounts

Age 67 is just kicking the can down the road.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

Agree

Compared to the 1990s this is not a slowdown 😂.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

What was it like back then?

@Kevin-df8jg

Ай бұрын

Back then you didn’t get a look in unless you had at least 3 to 4 thousand TT with at least 1000 multi engine just to fly turbo props and at least 5K TT with 1000 Jet for any Jet position, I wish we had what we have now back then, Social Media didn’t exist so you had to physically drive because you couldn’t afford to fly to all companies and actually door knocking presenting your CV hoping they were looking. Even if you were successful they would start you working as a gofer for several weeks to see if you were what they were looking for

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

@@Kevin-df8jg was that on the corporate side of things?

@Kevin-df8jg

Ай бұрын

This included regional and majors, it was a very different market back then

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

@@Kevin-df8jg the regionals and majors made people do the gofer thing when they were first hired?

Why not work on the ramp until you get called up to fly? At least you have your foot in the door and accruing seniority.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

Some people do that! The seniority is different and you don’t exactly move up from the ramp. You still have to apply separately as a pilot but you would probably get hiring points for already being an employee

6:04 _Czech_ Airmen 🤔 artificial intelligence, too clever for its own good 😆

@matthewmckee1114

2 ай бұрын

That and whoever is editing it is probably new, four hours in to this 12 minute video and was losing his (or her) mind 😂😂😂

@The_matthew_mckee

2 ай бұрын

It’s good to know that people pay attention to the captions! Do you think the black was hard to read?

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

Omg I didn’t catch that 😂

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

😅

Also there is no mandate that a pilot must go to 65 to retire. They can retire at a younger age if they desire.They may lose some benefits if they go earlier.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

Yep!

yup the pilot shortage is over, save your money.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

I try to share debt free ways to get through flight training for this reason. Aviation is volatile so I personally did not want all that debt

@billrussell4832

2 ай бұрын

Not even close. Retirements still continue into the next decade.

@KalTheCleric

2 ай бұрын

@@pilotkaity Debt free seems to be the way to go. Especially for white males. We are actively being discriminated against with companies. If you are a poc or a woman, you will be able to get tons of free money and even if you did get a loan, you'll be a captain in a few months anyway, so go to a big box school.

@topofthegreen

2 ай бұрын

Many airlines have said they have all the pilots they need, if you are not qualified and have 2,000 hours by now, you missed the opportunity.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

@@topofthegreen 😅

like where she a " professional " socalled pilot ? weird

@pilotkaity

14 күн бұрын

Why is that weird? I’m not following what you’re saying

Good time to become a pilot? How good are you at diversity?

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

What do you mean about diversity? Like what are my personal thoughts on it?

Get used to it Rookies! Furloughs are a way of life! Ask a older Pilot like myself! Have FUN! LOL

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

😫

@alexgustavson2909

Ай бұрын

Get bent “LOL”

@TBM1880

Ай бұрын

Haha

Ok fine. Delta is hiring 1100 pilots pr year but they also said that they are going to "Close the gap" in race hiring practices which means less opportunities for the majority of qualified applicants which happen to be white. United stated that half of those hired with them will be women or people of color. POC's are minorities and most pilots are white males by statistical default and because of these racist and sexist DEI policies, white males are facing a difficult time of getting hired since they are a majority and only have a minority of slots available. By nature of DEI policies, less qualified candidates will become pilots due to preferential treatment. They are mandating a higher percentage of certaian populations be hired means that less qualified individuals from those pools are being selected because in order to make the numbers look good, they need people. Paradoxically, only the best of the best in the white male category will get jobs since less numbers from a much bigger pool will be selected. This will lead to a skills gap that will be noticeable resulting in people seeing a POC or woman pilot and automatically assuming "Diversity hire". Which is wrong ethically but what other option will people have? United airline already said they are hiring on sex, gender, and race three things that do not qualify nor should they disqualify a pilot. This is institutional racism and society is ok with it because we've been indoctrinated to be fine with racial prejudiced against white people - particularly white males. Screw us. I don't understand why 13% of the population NEEDS to make up 50% of the hiring pool. The planes may be safe, but due to DEI policies, every time passengers see a black and or woman pilot, we're going to think "Oh must be a diversity hire!" They may be the best pilot who ever flew but due to DEI, we are forced into those thoughts. Also, is there a lack of women pilots because no one wants them or is it because in a free society, women make different decisions? IDK but I do know that there are grant after grant, scholarship after scholarship for black people and women and program after program to hire black people and women and if they still are coming up short, maybe it's because people make different decisions in life.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

I’m sure that people of a different demographic in a different time felt trusted as well for different reasons. Like for example the Tuskegee Airmen who were treated poorly while being skilled, qualified pilots serving their country. Life isn’t fair. Be the best you can be, be a good person and things will work out for you.

@Real_Natural

2 ай бұрын

It’s math. Fewer candidates from a preferred group means you have to accept a higher percentage from that group to meet targets. (ATC). Nothing to do with anything else. it’s simple math. You will have to lower entry requirements to be able to seat the number of candidates needed for quotas. Unarguable. I’m not flying anymore for leisure. DEI boards.

@FloorItDuh

2 ай бұрын

Nail meet hammer. Aviation should be entirely merit based. You are fit for the job regardless of what it is or not. People's lives are on the line. This stuff is no joke.

@andrewkim6402

2 ай бұрын

LOL dood have you seen the classes at United? Theres like maybe a few non white people and females included. If you didnt know DEI is not saying oh youre a white male were not hiring you cause thats grossly wrong and the furthest thing from the truth. It just means that its not gonna be a rotary club for white guys anymore its gonna be a more level playing field because for a while it really was prejudiced against colored pilots and female pilots. DEI is just putting emphasis saying that were gonna let everyone be on equal terms. Look you could choose to believe that DEI is why you wont get hired by a legacy or major and im here to tell you its the furthest thing from the truth. Every colored pilot in my classes before wnd after me have all had exceptional backgrounds. Yea you see some exceptions with low time pilots but thats just connections and luck. I know a white male who knew someone in HR and got a CJO because of connections. No merit. Meanwhile countless captains who are white male or female or colored get bypasses as well. Im just saying dont have a negative attitude and dont even mention DEI because thats another reason to not hire you because it might show you cant function in a cockpit with someone who isnt a white male. Just be careful brother and keep your head down on the way here.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

@@Real_Natural everyone has to meet the faa requirements for airline pilots and pass tons and tons of Checkrides. None of that is lowered for any reason

There will never be one pilot on board these airplanes. Not in a commercial setting anyway.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

You think it will always be 2 pilot crew?

@bbat2159

Ай бұрын

@@pilotkaity it is my opinion. Let’s clarify that. I don’t think the traveling public will embrace single pilot operations anytime soon. Will it eventually happen? Probably, but I sincerely hope not. I have no problem with advancement and technology, but it needs to be integrated into a two person commercial flight deck operation in my opinion. No substitute for-well-trained crew members. I know what can happen in an airplane that is automated when things do not go as anticipated. I think it’s arrogant to think things will be better with one less crew member replaced by AI or whatever advanced technology there happens to be.

@bbat2159

Ай бұрын

@@pilotkaity also. Good video. I should’ve mentioned that first and foremost.

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

@@bbat2159 I tend to agree that it’s coming down the line. I think single pilot may be in the next 5 years or so

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

@@bbat2159 thank you 🙏

so Where Who she fly for ?? exactly? never says sus

@pilotkaity

22 күн бұрын

What 😂

@phillp7777

14 күн бұрын

​@@pilotkaityso why don't u answer simple question ? what's the deal?

Pineapple is yummy

@pilotkaity

Ай бұрын

I’m confused

Over dramatization. Doesn’t matter that manufacturers are having issues…. The summer is coming and this who want to travel are selling their RVs and traveling by air. And who is going to fly them?? THE PILOTS. The BIGGEST contractor for flights…. GOVERNMENT. Many government agencies fly their personnel on commercial flights, not private jets. Those are reserved for some congressional and senatorial leaders. The “regular government folk” travel coach. Until the economy FILLY TANKS…. There is going to be 1) OT - in which the FAA will not allow or 2) hiring more pilots to alleviate the onslaught of those flying to their destination and back. That means ground crews and mechanics are going to be needed also. It is the obvious. When the election is over, everyone will definitely know whether or not to expect a fully blown recession…. Not what the media is jerking everyone with their biased reporting.

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

Interesting take thanks for sharing

Stagflation around the corner....layoffs plus high inflation...not sure who is flying.....

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

It seems that a lot of people still are

This is the epitome of youtube… someone who has about 5 minutes of experience with something making videos to give ‘advice’ to others

@pilotkaity

2 ай бұрын

How is close to a decade of time as a professional pilot and having worked in almost every aspect of aviation 5 minutes of experience? Maybe just because I’m a young woman you can’t fathom that I might actually have that kind of experience…

@As_A________Commenter

2 ай бұрын

@@pilotkaity “close to a decade as a professional pilot” is an ambiguous resume. A CFI can call themselves a professional pilot, hell a light sport pilot can call themselves a professional as the term is so vague it could mean anything. Still doesn’t mean they know anything about the airlines. And I don’t care if you are a non binary gender fluid pixie toad, but it’s telling that’s the first place you went to when your experience was called into question.

@cleblanc94

2 ай бұрын

She took the time to share knowledge of the industry and I’m sure lots of people appreciate it. Seems like you need to crawl back into your cave. Who hurt you man? Oof…

@javi-air

2 ай бұрын

Complete troll. Anywho, thank you @pilotkaity for taking the time to put together the video. Almost finished with commercial training. Looking forward to making the career change soon one day.

@yajbeats3420

2 ай бұрын

Says guy with no pilot job