Originally Posted by
OpenClimb
Yep. It's nothing short of pathetic. Historically mainline, career carriers have short-changed new hire pilots and have replaced reasonable first year pay with promises of a rosey career and untold riches soon to follow.
This being said, I'm not sure exactly WHAT Frontier is offering to offset its lower than average first year pay.
Honestly, all I can come up with as an offset is the possibility of a relatively quick upgrade. Kinda reminds me of when I first hired on at Mesa in 1999. I was offered captain on the 1900 when I had 60 hours in the plane as an FO and less than 200 hours total multi-engine time.
I flew with a new hire the other day who had run all the upgrade numbers. By his math, he thought he may upgrade right around the 2 year mark. I think that's probably a bit optimistic, but probably not by much.
When I was at the WAI conference I spoke to your recruiters, they seemed a little panicked about supply. They told me only 300 apps on file and about 150 of those met the minimums. They are trying to come up with solutions to attract people but apparently hitting a bit of a brick wall with new management. They said they might be able to cook up some kind of sign on bonus.