Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
IMO opinion there is zero leverage as far as staffing goes for any legacy airline. There are thousands and thousands of ATP rated pilots currently flying jets at 121 operations. Delta and other legacies are top tier when it comes to applicants' wants. I'm not even sure places like spirit would have a hard time finding applicants in the coming years. The only reason there is a shortage at the rj level now is because of compensation and the RAA is doing their best to get the mins lowered again to avoid paying more money. I'd say delta is well above the compensation threshold to attract candidates.
I want every Alpa airline pilot to make more money including delta but staffing I don't believe is giving the pilots any leverage.
Give your reps a call and get informed. Management is in a self directed staffing crisis. They are all out trying to gut our PWA to reduce staffing. This is not a secret.
I do agree it is not the lack of applicants. It is the lack of planning by our execs and failure to listen to Steve Dickson when he told them to start hiring.
Now somehow the crisis is our problem. They want things like they did in C2012. More ALV, TLV, eliminate seniority list instructors, CDOs, take away first officers bidding with line check airman, pay no credit for vacation, more 76 seat RJS for DCI carriers, less sick time, less JV scope protection, etc.