Originally Posted by
veewan
And yet TSH hasn't thought to do a cadet program at Compass.
There are some simple improvements that can be made to help recruit pilots, like offering them travel benefits before they meet the hour requirements. But if you're paying near bottom of the barrel, travel won't be enough to distract someone from wanting to pay bills and debt from school.
Of course your CFI friend is excited about his "75k," even if it's not the full 75, its more than he'd make at Compass.
We have yet to experience a pilot shortage at Compass to the likes of all the other regionals. That's why up until now, no major incentives/carrots have been needed to be offered.
I don't think GoJet or TSH were happy with what they had to give in order to keep attracting pilots. For some reason, Compass is not quite there yet because we're still getting applications and like JS said, we're still able to be selective.
That luxury was soon going to go away....unless we got the PHX base. That's going to be a major game incentive moving forward and will most likely keep us from offering more, which is sad.