I can't imagine what the current talent acquisition cost is for pilots right now. PDT has a large recruiting staff right now, a cadet program, RTP program, plus initial bonus program. Many road shows by recruiters, college visits and such. I can imagine each new acquisition is well over 100k, ofcourse none of us are privy to those numbers. Ofcourse there is a talent lifecycle number that they are spreading over 5 years to spread the number out to justify the number.

To put that in perspective, senior manager in a business, director level 150k yearly salary with 100k yearly bonus is approximately 100k. Talent lifecycle is approximately 3 to 5 years.

To spend that money to lose quality candidates to MESA or others due to our terrible schedules has to burn management's bum.