Originally Posted by
Shiner
Quick take from this Envoy pilot:
As long as the flow remains the biggest selling point to get new hires, it won't work. It's a nice cherry on top if everything else were equal, but Envoy is not equal with Endeavor, Skywest, and others. The world has changed since we signed Parker and Glass' contract a year and a half ago.
The biggest selling point to a job cannot be, "In a 5.5 years, you won't have to work here anymore."
However, if they changed the culture of this place and made the job attractive from day 1, their staffing problems would be gone.
It remains to be seen which path they will take when the flow fails to attract adequate numbers.
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Very good post and I agree with your points. I would add that more money is needed. ENY is currently one of the three lowest paid regionals (not counting the signing bonus) and with the line values hovering right around the 72 hour guarantee plus the much shorter upgrade of PSA and Mesa, years 3-8 (as it sits right now) has ENY FOs as the lowest paid - Mesa and PSA both have approximately a two year upgrade, so pilots years 3-8 are making captain pay.