Originally Posted by
Chrisw
I want retention bonuses. I believe the company is going to try to simply keep upgrades under 3 years and call the left seat the retention bonus. Not ok but that is what I feel will be all we are gonna get.
It's not going to be enough, and that is not a problem that Silver alone faces. The airlines are simply going to be re-active instead of pro-active. I predict a year from now there are going to be some commuter airlines such as Silver that will have no choice but to park airplanes and/or hold off on any expansion plans because there will not be any crews qualified to fly them.
Whatever feelings you might have about "pilot shortages" and that kind of cool aide, these next few years are going to be the closest thing there is to that reality. It's simply numbers and they don't add up.