Originally Posted by
FlyingNasaForm
For every PSA/PDT pilot that mainline hires a total of 3 US Airways family pilots need to be trained:
1. Former PSA/PDT pilot trained at mainline.
2. Former PSA/PDT F/O trained to replace pilot #1 above.
3. New hire PSA/PDT pilot trained as FO to replace pilot #2 (above).
However if you hire non PSA/PDT pilot Airways only has to train 1 pilot, which is much cheaper.
The above logic collapses when Airways is not the only carrier hiring.
1. US hires pilot from EV/CP/MQ/etc (training event)
2. PDT/PSA pilot leaves for B6/UA/WN/etc (training event)
3. PDT/PSA hires new pilot. (training event)
If management uses reasoning like this (and they do), no wonder this industry has lost so much money in its history.