Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
I'm a bit concerned. We're about 1.5 years away from the merger closing. We'll need a new CBA before then. I don't see us getting a new contract any earlier, since it will be nullified. I don't see a pay increase stopping attrition. Management already knows if they make it rain, people will still leave. While I don't think the management group would spend millions to let this thing die on the vine, it seems like they aren't getting ahead of the situation, either.
You forget we were still net positive for pilot growth last month. We are still turning pilots away at interviews, and classes are full.
Yes growing only 15 pilots a month is not sustainable for the number of aircraft coming, however the trend has not established itself… yet.
I can’t see the company rushing in with a MOU to augment compensation until the potential attrition problem is actually a problem.
Let them be reactionary, if the situation gets to the point where planes get parked and recruitment dries up, then we have even more leverage with a JCBA.