Originally Posted by
magnus0322
It is a real catch 22, and one you will probably be reading a lot more about for the foreseeable future................. It seems reasonable enough that not having a new CBA isn’t helping and certainly may be hurting our efforts in recruiting new pilots now, even though it wasn’t a problem before the new law went into effect last year. However, while we very much want to get the negotiation behind us, the reality is a new CBA won’t create a single new qualified pilot in the USA. I do think it will help bring some people to us that otherwise do not want to consider Republic because of the uncertainty here, but that is a hard thing to quantify.
Catch 22- to get
more flying these days, you need a cheap substandard contract. To staff said flying, you need a good above standard contract. That magical land in the middle is what myths and legends are made of. Perhaps unicorns can be found galloping through the meadows there being ridden by the tooth fairy.