Originally Posted by
Andy
Allegiant will not be competitive on pay or work rules with any of the majors. Even the most senior pilot at Allegiant will be making more money at a major by year 3 and with much better work rules. If it were me, I wouldn't be waiting around for a new contract; that's probably another year plus down the road.
Get out. As soon as possible.
As far as no one applying, that's not going to happen. Allegiant is better than many regionals. There will always be applicants. Allegiant will simply adjust minimum qualifications as the pool of applicants gets a bit smaller.
Good luck to everyone currently at Allegiant.
Well, I think you may have it a bit bass ackwards in your assumptions / statements / predictions. It's easy to overlook or forget that when talking about careers (Legacy Airlines, Left Seat, Right Seat, Commuting, Reserve, Line Flying, etc) that one size does not fit all. No kids, single, 27 years old vs. upper 40's & 50's with family and possible multiple airline hats in their closet are just two ends of the vast decision making spectrum.
I think the senior guys & gals at Allegiant are looking at their careers very closely. They will make their decisions based on their own circumstances. I think you are missing a lot of big ticket items when you state "Get out." A new contract
will be inked and we won't know the details until that time.
As for your take on the new hires arriving at G4, I would suggest that the attrition is coming from the lower end of the seniority list. Almost every new pilot I fly with is talking about getting time & moving on or how several of their new hire classmates have already left for the big boys. I think the company is seeing this mass exodus from the new pilots and getting worried. Of course a few quite senior Captains have left too but nothing like the bottom of the list.
Not trying to rip your post just jumping in here with some observations.