Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
At jetBlue:
"About 300 hired YTD and 115 have quit/retired/deceased. About 4500 pilots total on the list."
At Spirit:
"From our union, YTD through April, we’ve hired 284 pilots, and we’ve lost 162 (141 to other airlines, the other 21 are retirements, etc…)."
Compared to AS:
352 hired YTD about 84 quit, 21 retired = 105 gone. About 3350 on the total list.
Pretty similar numbers.
Bottom tier narrow-body domestic carriers. No surprise that pilots seeking a job at a major airline would leave. At least JetBlue and Spirit dont have to burn all their negotiating capital to get scope “mentioned” in their next contract. They probably will be able to clean up scheduling/work rule language with min-guarantee improvements, better vacation language, improved retirement and likely good hourly rate increases. At our bottom-tier narrow-body domestic airline we are being slow rolled by the craftiest and most disingenuous group of managers to come around in awhile…..Why is our negotiating committee spending any time talking to the dynamic dunce duo of Wetzel and Mets….