Originally Posted by
WesternSkies
To those who have been in the school house lately, what is the background makeup of our new hires?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
I hear there are more foriegners, but there were always a few.
I definitely saw more career-changers in the last few years, but many of them were retired from the previous gig, or had a business that ran with minimal oversight. The "retirees" typically end up at SKW because they want the bases, either Cali or the Rockies. Being multi-millionaires, they typically aren't too worried about FO pay. They aren't going to move or commute to NY for an extra $15k.
Their IDGAF attitude helps with QOL, they can call in when they want to and not worry about getting in trouble. Reality is the company might fire a flagrant abuser to make an example, but they can't afford to fire everybody... especially people who mostly show up and do their job, and are not applying to majors.