Losing on average a pilot a day now at Atlas/Southern. 45 resignations in the first 6 weeks of 2020 with 12 of those pilots returning to their former regional Republic. Less than a handful or no one showing up for new hire classes. Director of Training and the 767/747 Fleet Captain both forced out or quit, no one knows which. Negotiations when they rarely happen are still current book or take concessions. Unless the Coronavirus stops the hiring boom we’re on track to lose a quarter of our seniority list this year.
Now that attrition has more than doubled over our usual levels it appears it’s become self evident to even the most head in the sand pilots here that there’s no contract coming, only a breakup and sale, bankruptcy or like Trans States with their like minded draconian management a complete shutdown of the airline.