If you're not ahead on hiring these days, you're behind. It likely will soon be difficult to maintain the seniority list at its present numbers. Especially with outside attrition increasing...and if internal satisfaction does not improve here, well, not so good for hiring either.

Think of it this way...carrying an extra 150 to 200 FOs at min guarantee is actually cheaper than paying the entire pilot group (CAs and FOs) the 50% more that they should be getting across the board.

The days of squeezing every last bit of energy, pay, and QOL out a regional pilot are past. The company needs to pay up if hiring is going to keep up.