Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
I don’t think they anticipated the K4 carnage. Many of us might have stayed at ExpressJet with a future and a potential to go to UAL. But the uncertainty and being jerked around just got to be too much. Most of us will be commuting anyway, might as well get Home basing with no pay cut.
Not specific to K4, but that carnage has been going on for the ERJ side for probably 2+ years BEFORE the CPP carrot was dangled. Granted, the CPP may have slowed that down.
But the pain you feel of domiciles closing/commuting and being jerked around has been the norm for the ERJ for almost a decade now.
I can’t remeber exactly, but there were times where L-XJT lost 70-80 pilots a month, and little of half being FO’s.