Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Au contraire. It’s why I, like many others, am not even APPLYING for the job. I’m glad you found it an “OK place to make a living with an OK quality of life,” but the marketplace has changed. A guy with 1500 hrs TT can make $50 an hour as a newbie at regionals today, with a signing bonus, and yes, have housing during training and then have better working rules afterwards. That’s TODAYS reality. And Sunny either needs to adjust to it, or you are going to wind up with right seats populated by guys/gals with a grand total of 1500 hrs, mostly CFI time in Cessna 152s with 25 hours in light twins. Good luck with that.
I'm sure there will be rotten tomatoes for saying this, but that probably will become the reality. Regionals are taking in the dregs of experience right now, what keeps SY from stooping to that level? Some of the low experience youngins are very sharp and will probably do fine. I was that guy when I got into 121 and things went great for me. As it were, my tailwheel, aerobatics, and crop dusting experience didn't help me out much, but my ability to study and learn did.
Is there something particular about SY that makes it so much harder than a regional? If not, what keeps management from keeping pay low as long as it is still possible to hire people and get them training and qualified? Honest questions.