Originally Posted by typical41

I really think that building a pool, right now, is a big mistake. I understand we are dealing with TSH.

Right now, we have right around 530 pilots. A bare Minimum of 91 flow pilots will still be leaving in 2014. Most likely 130 pilots will leave in 2015 to the flow to DL as well(Minimum of 80 though). All this is assuming that DL does not take an additional 15-20 flow pilots in 2014, and there is a lot of talk of that being a real possibility. You combine that with at least around 25 pilots per year going to other carriers.

I just don't understand why we would put ANY qualified pilot, who successfully interviewed, in a pool, considering the hiring environment we are in. Those pilots are now very likely to not wait-it-out for Compass, and leave to other regional carriers who have an earlier class date. It will get worse and worse by the day, trying to find qualified pilots who want to come to Compass. Get these guys and gals in a class now, before they go elsewhere.

We might not have had a problem hiring for this past wave of flows, but I fear it will be much more difficult this next time around. One thing is for sure, if they wait as long as they did last time (Late July) to ramp up the full hiring for the departing flow pilots, we will find ourselves in a very bad staffing situation real fast.

With 117, the addition of the LAX base, and our new contract...I don't think Compass can get by with less than 490 or 500 pilots. Either hope that you can get 20 pilots a month this fall, or start putting the pilots in class now.

I think it is hilarious, after all this being said, that TSH would bid on the AA E170 flying. I don't think we could even staff 5 new E170's for AA. I wish AA would just give those planes to Eagle; they have the pilots right now to staff them.