Originally Posted by
Whiplash6
I think you're miscalculating the problem here. We may be a few pilots fat currently on the 767 fleet, but at this current rate I think we will be short by mid-year, which is when we are when we are slated to begin adding 1.2 Amazon 76s per month to the operation. That's about 24 ADDITIONAL pilots needed per month for 18 straight months.
There is such a disconnect between upper and middle management right now. The middle managers know there's a crisis, and that staffing the Amazon flights will not happen without growth in pilot numbers OR cutting ties with some of our other partners. The latter is my guess. Either way, for upper management to stubbornly deny the issue and lie to investors that we don't and won't have a staffing issue is blatant unethical behavior. Shocker right?
Not fulfilling promises to other customers, and ultimately losing revenue, just to fulfill the promises made to Amazon- all for the sake of Union busting- is why this management team will lead us to failure.
That'd make sense if we're getting 1.2 airplanes per month. I'm calculating 1 per month. 20% more airplanes would mean an additional 52 pilots they need this year or 5.2 extra a month to be retained. I was calculating 269 they needed as of yesterday so that'd be 321 if you're right. We lost several more yesterday - 1 of them a good friend... I think attrition will be more than February this month.