Originally Posted by
Avroman
Sounds like a $13000 "retention bonus" with more strings than the $20000 already at Endeavor.... Yawn... Which major will pony up seniority numbers with the money first? That's the place that's serious.
Majors really, really, really don't want to do that.
Couple of good reasons...
If you hire a recent college grad 1500 hours and some CFI time you don't have a lot of history to go on for a guy you're going to be stuck with for 40+ years.
It would turn the current career progression system upside down, since the military guys would no longer fit in well. Ten years after college that mil guy is not going to want to come to work (even at mainline) with a seniority number behind a bunch of folks at the regional affiliate. The current system has both military and regional pilots reaching the mainline hiring gate at about the same point in life.