Originally Posted by Systemized

The bonuses and higher FO pay was never there for the embry riddle kids. Those types were always willing to work for $22/hr. The bonuses were there to pull in pilots from other regionals or aviation segments as there wasn’t enough embry riddle kids out there.

Now we have plenty of embry riddle kids in the pipeline as their mainline parents got them in once the industry recovered, pilot shortage solved no need for higher FO pay so you guys better fight to hold onto it.

Every mainline captain has a son or daughter in flight school. Before 2013, mainline pilots told every kid they knew not to become pilots, which created the pilot shortage.