Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Delta should do what we do here at Pinnacle, offer the hotel but allow the pilot to opt out and save the company half the money, and the pilot gets paid for half his/her living expenses.
Pinnacle has single occupancy hotel paid for by the company on day one of training as well as positive space home on the weekends.
They have to with starting pay where its at. A new hire at DAL is making a lot more than a three or four year FO at a regional. On a 75 hr reserve guarantee its 46.67 bucks an hr.
DAL also PSY's a new hire pilot home if there is a break in training. Not just a week break but one of more than a couple of days. They also PSY a spouse down for the new hire dinner. That dinner is at least 50 a head as well.