Originally Posted by
Windsor
Undstood. As a former freight dog, I was merely stating a fact. I was not referring your post.
The question was posed to J.N last month concerning F9 future hiring needs and the fact they cannot use upgrade as a selling point after 2017. His response $$$. He knows. He has a clue. I hope he can clue in Indigo bean counters because they will have a bunch of shiny new planes and no F.O's to fly em.
Eh, I dunno.
If you were a COO, and it was your job to hire pilots and you started forecasting that you might be short in the near future, do you think your first solution to the problem would be to increase the wages for ALL pilots?
There will NEVER be an FO shortage as long as there are situations where pilots are worse off. And, right now, the regionals are still worse. I came from one as did many others here. If the COO wants, he can lower the standards for hiring (some say that's already happened) and keep it moving.
There won't be an FO shortage at Frontier, Spirit, Allegiant or any other ragamuff ULCC for a good while.
To be honest, I would be surprised if many of the leadership at F9 weren't already secretly wishing Indigo WOULD pay more - it would make their job so much easier and the airline run so much better.