Originally Posted by
Slick111
So please enlighten me. How does getting pilots in the door benefit the 1/2 of the pilot group known as "Captains"?
And tell me why I should vote for something that helps the company, when there's nothing in it for me? Why should I care if the company, (through their own stubbornness and stupidity) can't get entice enough F/O's to come to PSA?
I really don't care either way, but the answer to that question is pretty simple. If we keep hiring, we keep growing. Growth equals more upgrades. Growth also equals increased flow, more lines of flying, increased seniority for those already on property (which gives better schedules), more 76 seat a/c on property which increases the blended rate, etc. Make sense?
Also, eventually if we don't keep hiring we shrink through attrition. Go backwards long enough and downgrades and displacements enter the picture. That's when it even more directly affects guys in the left seat.