Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Could they hire enough of the kind of people they want, who are also willing to start on RJ's for low pay and train them fast enough? Maybe.
Some people would jump at the chance to fly an RJ with a mainline number. A lot of the mil people might not sign up for that paycut, might just get some other airline job (or non-airline job, for which they are also marketable).
A turnkey arrangement allows rapid integration of planes & crews (FARs allow that without re-training everybody).
My argument was that there isn’t a need for a stapler. The legacy company could simply hire the same regional pilots affected by taking the flying in house as new hires instead of a stapler and avoid all longevity or integration issues. Those pilots wouldn’t be 10 year regional pilots transferring over, they would simply be year 1 new hires just like any other applicant. No pass longevity, vacation accrual, etc. to deal with. Another option is always a legit flow type deal. After so long a regional flows up to a legacy and is treated as just another new hire along with military and OTS pilots.