Originally Posted by
DrDHD
this is true - look at frontier a few years ago - 1500 hour cfi’s to the right seat. This won’t help our negotiations at all. Cfi’s will come here - get their time - and then leave for a legacy…..all while keeping spirits labor cheap (turnover) so no there is no negotiation leverage.
I think this is true. Spirit having to pay pilots years 1-12 substantially more cuts into their cost advantage. They will fill right seats with Riddle Rats before cutting into their cost advantage.
But this is a nice primer for when negotiations come around and people are saying “we need higher first year pay!” Let management raise rates for their own recruitment issues