Originally Posted by
Cujo665
you obviously don’t comprehend who you’re dealing with. They will impose it, their way. Their answer will be bigger bonus money when needed or increased flow…. I’m betting all three WO get increased flow. Costs them nothing and would attract more pilots. 1 year as CA, then flow…. Reduce AA street hiring to 25%…. Boom, they would need to build more classrooms and hire more instructors.
A regional can’t survive on ‘1 yr as CA, then flow…’
Even if the new CA actually worked the full 1000 flight hours, that would JUST manage to qualify ONE (1) FO to upgrade. Realistically, that CA is NOT going to work 1000 hrs in that one year - not with vacation, sick time, etc., and even if they did that would not take care of the deficiency in SIC hours generated by CAs that got the call from some other major and left early, or worse yet, FOs leaving with 500-800 hrs SIC who would never become CAs at the regional.
it’s a queuing problem that cannot be solved by shoving people in at the bottom. You must retain them at the top for long enough to generate their replacement.
Do you seriously think you’d be seeing things like this if a year in the CA seat would do it?
