Originally Posted by
TurbineTime
The two things the wholly owned operators have to offer is flow that can slow and upgrades entirely dependent on new hires coming in the front door. If RAH gets $40.00/hr first year pay, trip and duty rigs, full cancelation pay, and a quick upgrade on the large amount of aircraft coming to market, I think the wholly owned carriers might find themselves outgunned. And as an opinion I think the final contract RAH pilots vote on will look better than the llllbfo we currently have in front of us. Competition will heat up for sure.
I don't see the competition heating up at all, the well is almost dry. You'll be competing for the last remaining few hundred pilots willing to go to a regional with companies like Skywest with years of stability, Compass with quick upgrades TODAY and highly desirable bases, and all the flows at the wholly owned carriers. I don't see any golden bullets in the future that would change this, do you really think $40 and cancellation pay is going to do it?