Originally Posted by
CafeConLeche
Neelemans magic isn't gonna work this time around. Today's environment favors pilots and good contracts. He's gonna have a hard time finding pilots who are willing to work for peanuts. If he does find those suckers they'er gonna quickly find out they are grossly underpaid in comparison to their peers. And that will be where Neeleman will hit a brick wall. He has never dealt with that reality. Times have changed it is no longer 2001.
I wish you were right, however there are tons of E-Jet Cptn’s & FOs at the regionals that will be willing to work for his start-up. Once the A220s show up it’ll be even more reason for those guys to stay and that airplane will attract other pilots to the airline, too.
He’ll have no problem unless he grossly under compensates them.