Exactly! All pilots are in it for different reasons. Clearly one of the reasons, is nothing NK could
ever be or offer. Most newhires in their 20’s-30’s aren’t really thinking about the money you can’t make at NK vs a legacy. The 320 type really doesn’t make you that much more
appealing to the legacies. They came here thinking it was one thing and it became another.

Aside from pay, I do believe many junior guys leave because a.) they received a bump in their self worth, having now flown an airplane bigger than an RJ and b.) bragging rights to say they made it to a legacy. They’re not going to be THAT much happier at AA. It’s about saying they got there.

So long as the legacies are hiring like crazy, NK has no control and over this kind of attrition and can only keep filing from the bottom. As long as classes keep getting filled, they’ll never improve first year stuff. It would be a waste for them.