Originally Posted by
AdiosMikeFox
Of course I do.
It has come up in discussion before. Smaller ENY means that those senior pilots that do not wish to flow are clogging up an even greater percentage of valuable left seats available to upgrades and flow. It is a serious issue that I have not seen directly addressed - unless you count making this place a pain in the @55 to work for and commute to in order to drive them out. It's worked on several senior pilots I know. "******* that, I quit", they said. And they did. But not enough to solve that elephant in the room if ENY continues to shrink.
There's a far easier way to deal with senior pilots. That is, create a situation that makes accepting flow a better deal for most. Consolidation (or not) coupled with a contractual alteration that places all captains on competitive 12th year scale will drive more to AA. Not all, but more. The rest are free to stay, but they'll be no more expensive then most and only 100-200 pilots. If you don't think the present MEC (you know.......the guys now making deals for themselves via end runs over to the E-175
) will assist the company while claiming it is "the best of two less then ideal options", you're a poor student of history. You may or may not be, but many there are.
Originally Posted by
AdiosMikeFox
Conveniently our projected shrinkage has slowed dramatically, so that will be very helpful in kicking the can down the road. We'll just have to see what happens. I have no idea what the average age of the "Declined" crowd is, or how far they are from retirement. That would also have to be factored in to the ever-fluctuating fleet plan and flow rates.
"Projected shrinkage" is like the male penis. It all depends on how the temperature of the water changes and that is an unpredictable variable. We know that "projections" at Envoy have a stronger history of inaccuracy vs. accuracy and a shrinking penis there is not condusive to satisfying the raging, lustful upgrade desires of future new-hires.
Sorry for the poetry, Envoy just brings it out in me.