Originally Posted by
67Creek
These are the folks that got the timing perfect. They were hired when the seniority list was small, but right before Piedmont went on a massive hiring streak. They got the benefit of starting at a low seniority number, and the benefit of the higher flows per month of a large pilot group.
It's a different story for pilots hired after them.
Jets, Flow, bases.. were all rumors.. they took a gamble to come when they did in 14 and 15... .. and it paid off... Remember these people came to fly the dash, not a shiny 170 and it paid off for them nicely.