Not so. As a number of regionals are finding, the 1000 hrs of 121 before upgrade has become a huge problem. When your CAs and upgrade eligible FOs are being hired away and you are left with trips with no CA to fly them it doesn’t matter how many wet ticket ATPs you have coming in at the bottom, the flying has to shrink. When you start with people with no 121 time, unless every CA at least sticks around long enough AS A CA to get a potential replacement CA-eligible, the system comes to a screeching halt.

This is all the more reason for those already at NK and F9 to expect serious improvements. And it’s a lot more leverage on the company than ever before. And yet another reason for us to get first year pay up to industry standard and immediate insurance coverage. We WANT to make losing pilots - even newbies - as expensive as possible for management. That’s the way to get them to pay more to keep the ones they already have. Forget this “not going to waste negotiating capital on people not yet on property” BS. It’s a different era.