Originally Posted by
sailingfun
How will it improve productivity? Are you planning B scale work rules for the New hires? I sure hope not. Normally hiring actually reduces overall productivity since you end up with a lot of pilots in the school house. During past major hiring binges we had to overstaff around 10 percent for training volume. That is why when the hiring stops we are always overstaffed.
Actual pay costs will go down as you bring pilots in at the bottom of scale. That is however a somewhat temporary gain.
No, that's already part of the contract. How much vacation and sick time depends on years of service. There is a 12 year longevity pay scale, and 401k contributions are directly linked. So as pilots retire off the top, and are replaced by new hires, costs will drop considerably. There is a 12 month freeze on new hire training as well. SWA benefitted from this dynamic for years.