Also, food for thought: The next class of 10 equals $60,000 in new-hire bonuses.

I wonder what else the Company could do with $60,000...

75 hours/month x $5/hour = $375/month. The Company could give 160 pilots a $5/hour pay raise

For the next 10 pilots they hire, they could finish off the seniority list (another 66 pilots) and have $35,250 left over...

Hmm... I wonder how much those iPads cost? That's 250 very expensive paperweights. Maybe they could use some of that leftover money to find a vendor who can give our iPads the support they need?

The next 10 pilots? Well heck, that's another $60,000. I wonder where Silver is suddenly finding all this money... Maybe it's all that nickel-and-diming they do on our paychecks. I might as well be a bona-fide CPA with the number of audits I've done over the past year

All that said, I'm glad Silver has finally recognized the need to make changes in order to attract pilots and try to retain the ones they have.