Originally Posted by
SEPfield
Bases: PSA has 1 commutable and nothing west of TYS, that eliminates nearly 2/3 of the country.
Career Progression: 4 upgrades so far this year, means you will not upgrade in 2 years at PSA. (probably not 3)
Pay: One of the lowest paying regionals with one of the worst contracts.
Any new hire pilot that does even a little bit of homework will realize that a 10k bonus is not worth 3 years of 2 leg commutes, inefficient lines, bullying schedulers, and low pay.
Actually, anything much further west of TYS eliminates 80% of the US. You realize that 50% of our population is in the Eastern time zone, and another 30% is in the Central time zone? Land mass does not equal people. And we all know another base is on the way anyway.
As you said in an earlier post, we are currently overstaffed on CAs right now. Let's not predict all future upgrades based on the first quarter of this year after we overstaffed during the final quarter of last year.