Originally Posted by
Skyler02
Signs that things are finally turning around for pilots
Sign on and Retention Bonuses:
Envoy - $10,000 if you are coming from the “right” university
Republic – Sign on $7,500 - $12,000
Endeavor’s $80k over 4 years retention bonuses
Others?
Referral Bonuses
Mesa’s “Tuition Assistance”
Compass now pays for hotels during training and dropped both ME and TT Mins
I believe all regionals now provide single occupancy during training.
I believe all regionals dropped their training contracts.
ATP/CTP Courses are offered at regionals for those that haven’t taken the ATP written.
Southwest dropped their 737 Type Rating Retirement
Mins at all the majors have dropped.
Majors now hire FO’s with no prior 121 PIC.
What else am I missing?
Until PAY, BENEFITS, and QOL improves for pilots, young people will still avoid the time and financial commitments required for training. But at least there are signs that things are moving in the right direction.
Just to recap:
Regional Airlines offering bonuses to means it's sooo bad at the perspective airline what they need to give people money to work
there, and somehow that's a step in the right direction?
Endeavor- downgrades terrible moral - people leaving left and right 20k a year bonus?!? more like finally paying you your lost wages the last few years.
Rah- Bonus money will maybe cover the cancellation pay you will lose, that are your fighting long upgrade.
Envoy- hey we are losing airplanes and bases, but come work for a flow that will never happen.
The Industry as a whole is missing one strong link, UNITY. Nothing will improve until People stop back stabbing other groups and pretending like nothing happened. Ahem..psa