Originally Posted by
Vikz09
Email from a friend at Endeavor
Wait another 2 weeks and see what management creates to keep the endeavor pilots from jumping ship. They are losing 50 pilots per month and only replacing 8 because of the crappy pilot contract that was forced upon them from management and ALPA. The are going to dangle keeping more 50 seater's than originally planned as well as a flow through.
Now what happens to those who were unsuccessful in the ssp? Are They now become eligible to become Delta pilot's because management needs to pay them slave wages? So instead of admitting they screwed up by forcing these changes to pilots pay and benefits. ... management and Alpa will dangle a flow through to staff endeavor. Endeavor is already paying former captain's who were downgraded to FO, captain rates again, just to keep them from leaving for Spirit and jet blue. Last week alone I heard 30 pilots put in their 2 week notice for places like Spirit and Jet Blue.
Look for massive cancelations this summer from endeavor. This was a management decision that back fired but I suspect they and Alpa will spin it as a positive within 2 week's. Lastly, endeavor had to return or turn down 3700 hours of flying for July.
Watch for the floe headline within 2 weeks...I wish I could put money down on this in Vegas!
It is so dang satisfying watching the reflexive textbook MBA "follow from behind" nonsense collapse in their faces. Funny thing is, even if they get a flow through it won't stop the attrition. Only significant pay increases and other improvements will. If they offered a flow, that flow would still have to be limited in the same way the CPZ one is, otherwise they'd still be losing 50+ a month. So with monthly and yearly max limits, the bottom 80% of the list is still better off applying to all the legacy pax and cargo airlines and bailing as soon as they get a class date.
DL would end up with guys they wouldn't hire, some of which may not have even come close, and Pinnacle will still be losing a ton of pilots because even with a flow guarantee it makes no sense to put up with several years of low pay and abuse if you can bail to greener pastures way sooner anyway.
Another colossal B-school miscalculation.