Originally Posted by
elmetal
I'm not entirely sure why anyone thinks attrition is a leverage tool for spirit pilots. If anything it's a leverage tool for spirit management. With training pay where it is and first year pay what it is, they couldn't be happier for people leaving. The more senior the better
The legacies pay 90+ an hour from day one, we pay 50whatever from day 91-365
If we were to absorb training pay into first year pay our actual rate is more like 46 dollars an hour. It's an embarrassment. Management HOPES people leave. Honestly.
It’s exactly the reasons we got our last contract. We had to start hiring lower time pilots and had a ton of training washouts. They added a sim session and that helped a little then XJT closed its atl base and we got an influx of experienced pilots but it was all temporary. After a bit the low timers got hired again and the washout rate ticked up and they were forced to the table to keep the growth plan on track. This isn’t different, it’s worse