Originally Posted by rokgpsman

Allegiant management has stated they don't mind the high turnover in pilots, it actually works in the company's favor to limit salary expenses. Due to the large number of pilot applicants from regional airlines and elsewhere they have been able to easily replace pilots in the past. Think about it - this scheme reduces the cost to the company for pilot salaries. After a few years of employment many pilots move on and are replaced by new pilots that accept the job at a lower salary than the pilot they replaced. Allegiant has never tried to be a career job for a pilot, they don't want a large number of 15-20 year pilots that would earn much more than the initial salary they accepted. If you have a never-ending supply of new pilots that will work for a lower salary why would you want to keep any of them around for years and have to pay them a higher salary? (other than experience, safety, professionalism, tutoring younger pilots, etc - all of which means very little to Allegiant upper management)