Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Do you have actual numbers?
As posted a few pages ago in this thread, the attrition and hiring numbers YTD are extremely similar for Alaska, jetBlue, and Spirit. Why would a newhire stay at these 3 carriers when they can go to the big 3 legacies for much faster movement, more retirements, widebody planes, and multiple bases throughout the entire nation (one in each time zone)?
Notice I purposefully said nothing about pilot contracts. A pilot contract won't fix the structural issues described in the question posed above.
I’m not an Economics major, but if industry leading pay/contract doesn’t solve these “structural issues” what does? “Over-hiring”?
Second tier airlines will need to step up to the plate and compete for a scarce resource….pilots.