Originally Posted by
Gone Flying
why wouldn’t DL be able to compete? If you are so opposed to flying an RJ for a year at mainline wages I’m not sure you are talent worth competing for. Didn’t we used to have 737-200s (basically RJs) at a significantly lower rate in the late 90s and early 2000s? Did DL have a hard time finding applicants then? I’m not sure we would need a much higher rate than we have now. Maybe bump it up to our E195 rate but it won’t have to pay 717 pay to make it worth our time.
Keep in mind, sealing up the bottom end of the scope might be worth our time even if its a dollar more than a regional hourly rate, you're still getting DC to 401k, profit sharing, blah blah blah, then we just have to grab back top end scope. Of course I'm just snapping my fingers and waving my hands, I cant make it happen.