Originally Posted by SEPfield

They already offered new hires more. Potential new hires aren’t stupid. It’s pretty easy to do the math, a $26k bonus at G7 gives you about $62k the first year and then $38k the second which means $100k over 2 years, or you can go to Endeavor and make $60k 1st year and $50k second year, so after 2 years ($110k)you are $10k ahead of GoJet, and the money has been taxed at a lower rate. Then you upgrade to $90 hr, have a better contract, and a Delta interview.

Filling classes was last years problem, this years problem will be keeping pilots in the jets. GoJet has already seen what happens when they let themselves fall behind in pay, it cost them 300% all summer long. It will be interesting to see if they make the same mistake twice. Smart money says they will fail to react again.