Originally Posted by dontsurf

i don't think we have "huge" turnover. about 20/month, it seems to run. 2800 pilots. that's less than 1% per month. is that huge? my only other experience was at trans states, and they definitely had "huge" turnover (heck, i was part of it). but i definitely don't know how we compare to our peers like expressjet, republic, etc. i would be interested to know.

yeah, it is hard to convince the board of directors that the best thing to do with a bunch of excess cash is to give it to the employees. i definitely agree that it makes the company look bad to potential employees that we (pilots, at least) don't have yearly wage increases beyond our anniversary increase. i also agree that we look horrible to potential employees with our first year pay. i still came here though, and made more money 1st year here than i did 2nd year at trans states, with a much lower hourly wage. but that's beside the point. people don't show up to interviews or classes because of that low first year rate, and it's embarrassing, if you ask me.