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Old 03-06-2016 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ju10489
I feel like it's gonna be the bigger issue in the future if they don't increase the pay for everyone.

IMO 15k$ bonus is not gonna attract many experienced FO. They can get better going elsewhere, especially with +1000h jet time.

Just my .02
I think the industry will reach a tipping point in the next year or so. Even places like Endeavor, CommutAir, Mesa, and SkyWest will run thin on applicants in the coming months. And then management will be faced with another decision... Do they raise pay even more and offer even bigger bonuses? And at what point does it make financial and operational sense to just bring the flying back in house (which is quite honestly the only logical direction the industry as a whole is heading) at the legacies? UA is already moving in that direction with the large order of the 737s. Credible rumors of Delta accelerating the process to begin flying 76 seat aircraft in house in 2017. Makes you wonder what AAG's end game is for the 900s and 175s? It will come down to a choice between paying your regionals ever-increasing wages to keep them staffed or just bringing the 76 jets back to mainline. I can guarantee you that if AAG brought all of its 76 seat jets back to mainline with starting pay at $50 /hour for FOs with the caveat that they can't bid off the CRJ for 4 or 5 years. There will be a tipping point and it may come faster than many people think.
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