Originally Posted by
ProverseYaw
Brett I am very happy for you, your recent upgrade, and those friends of mine who are happy working at 9E. I hope you all the best.
I am not happy to see how your recruiters and lifers have advocated for new hires to fill in the bottom of the seniority list. I feel they are being selfish and dishonest. I was provoked to post my opinons and ask my questions when I continued to see 9E recruiters posting in other airlines forums.
How many 9E pilots have failed the guaranteed interview and will not be leaving? What happens when the C Series takes back the Delta flying? What happens when the temporary bonuses expire?
Don't know who you are, but you know me, so I will give you the benefit of the doubt and just say you are having a bad day.
Regardless of what any "lifer" posted in a forum, your vendetta against the company and need for retaliation for a post on a message board, by someone you claim is a recruiter is childish at best. I know there aren't any recruiters who are authorized to act in any capacity on this or any other board.
I apologize if one of our overzealous pilots wanders into a PSA thread and tries to derail it. It's a message board - unfortunately anonymity will breed this type of behavior. Let's just all go back to our corners and try to get out of this cesspool regional world.
As far as your questions- there have been around 200 pilots turned down via the SSP. Many pilots have not attempted. We are losing on average 5 captains per month to employers other than Delta.
The CSeries are largely for 50-seat replacement as well as 70-seat retirements, not to mention domestic capacity increases. That's not to say that Endeavor won't lose flying as a result, but the Bankruptcy agreement does guarantee 81 -900s until 2021. A similar setup to PSA, no?
The company has approached the union about extending the retention bonuses, but the Association has chosen to defer those negotiations in hopes we can retrieve that cash in meaningful contract repair. We will see.