Originally Posted by
veewan
Does anyone else see a Great Lakes situation unfolding (maybe not to the same extreme)?
Currently they have about 30 pilots, based on APC data, years ago they had about 300. APC still shows 34 planes.
Great Lakes Airlines faces shortage of pilots | Business | trib.com
They claimed not being able to find pilots was due to the "shortage" rather than compensation etc.
"We’re hoping that the majors will increase their requirements for number of hours … and (stop) taking all the 1,500-hour guys off the street, which are the guys we need now too"
And now Compass is having trouble filling classes, but seems to have no plans to sweeten the pot.
Great Lakes has upped their compensation and added retention bonuses. They even have a program for people to advance to Frontier (granted it's not a legacy). The big problem is they waited too long and it was too little too late.
*sigh* no. Lakes and Compass are two totally different things. They are a lot more reasons beyond pay that pushed people away from Great Lakes.
Compass has middle of the road pay, average upgrade times, and is overall an OK place to work.
Lakes historically has quick upgrades but a reputation for abysmal pay, horrid qol, crappy equipment in challenging environments. Granted some of that has changed, the die is cast... The reputation earned.
No, we are vastly different than lakes.