To me it’s amazing what a group of idiots can do to an airline. The senior management at TSA is stuck in the past. By all appearances it would seem that they have not made any well thought out moves to adapt to the current market. As a former TSA pilot I’ll chip in my $.02.

When TSA has KS, they had major growth, great morale, and direction. Unfortunately we had lost him to better opportunities. Maybe it was because his higher ups were problematic, maybe he simply found something better. Either way, he left. Wasn’t long before things began to unravel. For instance, junior manning, contract violations, straight up lies from scheduling. Inhuman treatment of not just the pilots but FAs and MX (yes MX wasn’t directly under KS but it shows what senior leadership is valuing). So guess what happened, lots of pilots leaving. Mostly FOs at the time if I recall correctly. Major shortages on FOs and more junior manning. A real vicious cycle.

Now it appears as though all the CAs have pulled chute, myself included. So what lessons can we draw. First I believe that TSA needs a KS type person in senior leadership. Basically someone to tell the brass to go eff themselves when appropriate. This also shows that TSA does not have a high caliber person at the helm. This is critical. The senior leadership has only $$$$ in focus. They have absolutely no desire to run a company. Just to set it and forget it. That does not work now.

I sucks to see what is becoming of TSA. There really are some A+ crew members there. I so really hope they find their parachute that works for them and their families.