Originally Posted by
Omniscient
The majority of pilots sitting pretty here with seniority did so by coming here before an order was on the books.
Sometimes you need to take an educated guess and make a move to try and get ahead of the rush.
How many people could have come here pre new contract and didn’t? They said “I’ll wait and see what the new contract is.” Too late by then
People waiting to see if there is a new order before applying will only serve to sling gear of those who were able to make an educated guess on growth and took action.
Absolutely. This thread started asking about reserve. Is it realistic today to tell prospects that they could spend more time on reserve, than new hires in previous years? Or that if they upgrade in the future, based on what we expect for growth, they still may see longer time spent on reserve than in the past as captains? Or that the may see their relative seniority stagnate as junior captains? Or do we tell them there is a boatload planes coming and they will be living large?
Just as an exercise, what do we think would be the number of aircraft on property to be at 50% FO for a new hire today? How many aircraft to be the junior captain? And how many aircraft to be at 50% on the captain list if hired today?