It's a fair question.

Used to be that the gap from 1st to 2nd year pay was so substantial that they probably didn't mind replacing 3rd year FOs with new hires but I really don't know. We upped our first year pay from 60 to 75/ hour which I suspect might curb a little bit of attrition. I'm sure it's mostly just helps fill classes, but it does appear to be working. We've got 48 new hires in training right now with another big class about to start