Originally Posted by
Slick111
The mainlines could have easily said "You know what? We need to do our part to ensure that the supply of new pilots continues unabated, especially given our upcoming onslaught of retirements, so we will dictate that our regional airline partners pay their pilots a wage that will entice young would-be aviators to invest in themselves and pursue a career as a professional pilot".
So true. Continental used to guarantee XJT a 10% profit under CEO Bethune. He understood the whole cheese pizza thing. XJT was run to mainline stds. Clean, catered, consistently 99% completion factor, high morale, AND one of the best contracts out there. Maint. was top notch too. Then along came Larry... It is greed, selfish "managing", and complete refusal to plan ahead. That is the reason for the "shortage".