Originally Posted by
NikeBuddy
Totally confused here. First they need to hire like gangbusters, now they are offering buyouts? I thought they were awarded like 20 jets for Amazon? If that is so, they can't afford to lose a single person. Something bigger stewing here?
We are semi caught up on staffing levels for the planes that are here.
We are in contract negotiations so lots of doom and gloom will be used on the pilot group.
The top half of this company is at the top of the pay scale and makes good money. This buyout is nothing more than to try to get them to leave early and fill the seniority list with low year people. The first class that came is only 60ish numbers away from upgrade. If you don't count the people that have been bypassing upgrade, that number drops to 30ish away. The average age of the pilot group is 58.
The company may also think that they could do away with some hardliners and make passing a crappy contract easier. I don't think this tactic will work though. "If" that's one of the goals.