Originally Posted by
coopervane
Is that expected attrition from retirements or total?
If the company expects 130 pilots to leave B6 for greener pastures and only 50 leave they they will surmise that things aren't so bad here. For contract negotiations we can't point to a "mass exodus" to prove we need much better terms.
It's actually high. Acceptable attrition is about 3%; 130 is 4.5%. It may not sound like a lot but it costs a lot of money to train pilots to leave.