Originally Posted by
ClappedOut145
Nobody cares about cadets. You’re not on the seniority list and don’t contribute to the airline. Cadet programs should be immediately ended at all carriers and the money spent on them should be put towards cost savings for the actual pilots who have jobs. The market now has pilots. SJS kids fresh out of UND are no longer a hot commodity.
It costs virtually nothing to maintain a cadet program. They keep the CJO contingent on whether the company is hiring and take away any bonus money (I believe every carrier has already don’t that). Where it gets tricky is if they make the cadets pay anything back. Which is a valid concern for them because none of this is their doing.