Originally Posted by
Slick111
Although I have no specific knowledge on this topic, I'd be willing to bet that those F.O's who are leaving are going to other regional airlines that offer higher pay for their F.O.'s *AND* Captains.
Places like Air Wisconsin, Compass, Endeavor, GoJet, Horizon, Republic, SkyWest, or TransStates. They ALL offer better pay and benefits for First Officers and Captains,....... without gimmicky bonus schemes,...... that can be taken away any time management wants to take them away!
No. Not really.
Most of the FOs hired there in the past 18 months have 8-10 years in the industry. They are going to JetBlue, Southwest (military guys mostly), Atlas, Spirit, Kalitta, and a few others. A few got picked up by majors out of the right seat as well. I know of a couple guys that went to the FAA, and some went to the part 91 world. I have seen new hires on the PSA lists with over 15,000 hours and a clean record. Those guys are not sticking around very long at all.
I have only heard of a couple of lateral transfers. Those were usually special circumstances.