Originally Posted by
9easy
All the regionals were forced to bump pay and sign contracts drastically this year and last, the next ones to feel pain are LCCs. G4 doesn't have the infrastructure to train replacements and expansion at the same time, so it will likely be in their benefit to sign a contract sooner than later.
As it stands now, the LCCs may have a problem with staffing. Allegiant management is playing the delay card as best they can. You know like taking the right NMB and/or FAA peeps to luxury vacations, and/or someone's house being purchased at a 1000% markup; facilitated by an army of 1000/hr. union busting attorneys. So long as they can wait and run the pilot group for cheap, that's millions in their pockets. Allegiant management is hoping to last long enough to see through another calamity that cripples the industry as a whole. That would take care of attrition, they already know the company is profitable at 150bl oil.
You hear it loud and clear from the chief pilot on down, “Don't worry boys a contract is coming”. That is their mandate from the top, keep placating.