Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Of course it’s FOs, but they are bidding that much for wet-ink ATPs, to give them their first type rating. I don’t expect those people to not apply to a second tier major because of that, but if you can’t see that the new rates in regionals up the ante across the board then you ought to be in Alaska management, because everyone else certainly realizes that.
Upping the ante on pay is not my argument. Thats a given. What I’m saying is contracts are more then hourly rates. Even at Alaska you’ll get 15.5 DC into your 401K among other things. For as many problems as Alaska has they’re not hiring CFIs and very few FOs. Is what it is. Don’t get me wrong on here Alaska and the bigs needs to pay up and improve but if you’re thinking they’re looking at ol Mesa as a reason I can promise you they are not. If anything it’s good for QX.