Originally Posted by
FlyZ
Thanks for the update! Are the training events generated by these widebody displacements seriously less expensive than paying a guy first year pay on the 88/90/DC9 now? I would guess with healthcare and retirement that a new hire costs the company 60-80k the first year. 747-330-764-7ER-73N-M88-DC9 would be six training events. Do we qual a guy on a new jet for less than $10k?
And I'm only coming at this from the economic standpoint of the Company. I'm not even considering the "respect" and "constructive engagement" they are giving up by turning life upside down for six of their "highly valued" pilots and their families. I don't see how it's worth holding off hiring for one year. (Unless that hiring is an empty promise, which I've come to expect).
True, and what we may see is a massive displacement to manage expectations right before we see an all in offer from the company. This bid could be a 365 since the last one was last years 365 bid, and as a result most of the training would not start until fall. As a result would allow them to reverse much of it with a subsequent AE, and then start hiring pilots a few months early, and or acquire someone and quickly kill the overlap thus resulting in no need for bodies.