Originally Posted by
gzsg
Number one in the top 10 lies told by regional airline management is raising regional pilot pay will not help fill their new hire classes.
Endeavor to Delta (which I think is ill conceived and will prove a failure) proves raising new hire pay would, beyond any doubt fill their new hire classes. Endeavor now has hundreds of applicants.
In my opinion, new hire pilots at regionals should start at an absolute minimum of $80 an hour.
Every day the regionals fall further apart. Now is our time to permanently fix this problem. Band together. Stay strong and restore our profession.
Pie in the sky numbers don't really help the discussion. The current range is $20-$40/hr for FOs when it should be around $40-$60/hr. That is a realistic pay scale and would attract plenty of applicants. There is no reason new hires who have taken on loads of debt should start at less than 40K a year.