Originally Posted by
Phoenix21
It’s not as tough of a sell as one would think looking at the big picture. Look at the number of folks that Piedmont loses every year. Each one of those pilots should be feeding to AA, and isn’t. They’ve loosing between 10-17 pilots a month for the past year+ (numbers put out by management), 6 of which are flows. That’s A LOT of pilots not going to AA when AA needs them to be long term. AAs hiring construct revolves around the WO being able to feed the AA pipeline. As mainlines hiring needs increase, the WOs need to be able to increase flow.
Look where Piedmont is hemorrhaging the most. Pilots under 3 years on property, who were told a 5 year flow during their recruitment only to find out that it’s actually a 7-9 year flow for them once they get access to the seniority list and are able to do the math. Hiring needs at mainline start being greater than 1000 people in 2020.
PSA and Envoy both got flow increases in the last two years.
But the whole argument you are making hinges on AA hurting for pilots. They are far from hurting to fill classes and could probably care less that their regionals are losing guys. I believe the only time they will bat an eye at that is if their regionals cancel flying due to staffing. If the regional metal moves, then the rest doesn't matter