Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
It turns out that preemptively cancelling flights due to staffing/incompetence while simultaneously taking on new airframes doesn't make money. Who would have thought it? The ULCC business model is clearly struggling.
Yet ULCC (that is, Frontier) actually was profitable this quarter.
Maybe keeping first year pay at less than regional first year pay really ISN’T the way to attract and retain pilots. Maybe if - considering hotel and training costs - the first year pilots actually cost NK MORE than second year pilots, NK management would be willing to pay more to RETAIN the junior pilots necessary to staff those new airframes in a time of pilot shortage..
How in H€|| do you EXPECT to compete for new hires when even startups like Breeze and Avelo are paying more? When regionals are paying more. Whoever thought screwing over the new guys was a good tactical or strategic move for the pilots was an idiot - at least in this environment and with this management.
Hopefully B6 will happen and their management (and pilot group) will fix this.