Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Candidates are no-showing interviews and class dates (confirmed by a management source as FAR more significant than SD's whitewashed equivocation) because of our eroding work rules and pay. Look a the trend line over the last couple of contracts and TA.
Guys would flock to Delta regardless of its lesser widebody fleet if they felt they'd be commensurately rewarded for their contributions to the most profitable airline in history. I bet we're about to see a stampede for the exits by anyone with less than 5 years here.
As it stands, in another year if Bastian and ALPA continue down this path, Delta will be a half-step above or below Allegiant.
I don't think it will be as big of stampede as you think (I mean we do have second year Captains right now) but I think your point is valid. I never thought that we would add Allegiant as an airline that we had to beat for narrowbody pilot pay.
It kind of reminds me of when I returned from furlough. We had just taken a 32.5% pay cut and they were asking for a 19% cut in bankruptcy. I had a management type on one of my flights and he came up and talked to us. He was explaining how the company really needed the additional paycut to survive. I explained to him that i had just returned from 3 years of furlough flying with second tier 135 and 121 supplemental airlines and if we took that paycut then Delta would be the least paying job that I had in the last 3 years.