Originally Posted by
djrogs03
Yes but keep in mind the newsletter also said we are having staffing problems just like all the other regional carriers. While we have a good name for ourselves, were not exempt from the hiring struggles others have felt, and our lack of a top of the line contract and no signing incentive will hurt us in the long run...Eventually this airline will stop running out of quick upgrades and the pilots we hire will have to be incentivized to come here...
I think you misread the news letter - it didn't say that we're having staffing issues, it said "our number of applicants is down slightly". We're currently building a hiring pool, and are not having staffing issues or difficulty attracting qualified applicants.
Keep in mind, we usually have several hundred applications on file - "down slightly" could mean low hundreds instead of high hundreds.