United Airlines launches a pilot academy to address staffing shortage

SkyWest pays their Captains $80k, yup.

Before that you will be in the GA Arene flying Corporate Single or Multi Engine and then move up to King Air's or similiar.

Way to go Reily! Bounce srobak’s head off the floor. He deserves it.

That was under the umbrella of the suit against brandon - and only because the commercial entities themselves were outside the scope of federal employees, once the "federal contractor requirement" part was reversed - that isolated the fed from the company and consequently the employee. There are still hundreds - if not dozens of suits out there against companies (including airlines)... most are quite broad, or class action, or from unions and such, with several individual suits as well. Most companies don't want nor can they afford the expense of a court case, nor do they want the bad press - so several have and will continue to cave, while still others have lost outright. All I had to do was threaten mine with legal action when they came asking for my proof, consequent to their mandate - and they slinked back into their corner. Now - government subsidized and bailed out companies like UA (private my ass) have deeper pockets and will put up a bigger fight and might even get the ruling in their favor because of it... but between pilot, maint and ground crew shortages which were caused by this mess - it is only a matter of time and attrition before the airline's sustainability comes into question and begins forcing the airlines' hand. Parked planes and empty gates don't make any money.