Originally Posted by
xjcrew1
Won't happen, they tried that at Mesaba back when we first got the 900's. Union came back and told them, if you want to give hiring bonuses, you have to give it to all current pilots as well. Put the kibosh on that one.
They tried it at Pinnacle. The union let them since the company came back with there wasn't anything in the contract that prevented them from offering extra. Result: Guys came in, worked for six month, got their couple of bonuses (for completeing training and staying 6 months) then went to Skywest, ExpressJet or ASA.