Originally Posted by
hummingbear
Trick is, if they open a FL base, for example, a lot of those CAs are going to be senior guys coming from EWR. So you draw down the EWR flying, but lose a lot of hub staffing in the process. At the end of the day, you still need people willing to sit reserve in EWR; so how well it addresses the problem remains to be seen.
I still say as the current hiring tsunami continues to hit their respective 1 year marks, there will be an increasing number willing to bear the pains of juniority for CA pay. Will be interesting to see how it all plays out, though.
My very unscientific analysis flying with everyone from first post IOE trip to being here 6 years or so says no to your position.
Granted, demographics change and we will start getting folks that didn’t live regional purgatory. Time will tell. Everyone I fly with says they want to live in base and be senior. They’ve had 4 stripes and don’t care about that at U until it works for them.
Hell, I didn’t chase it and been through 25 years of fun here. I finally upgraded 5 years ago but I lived a long single seat life and came here for QOL/compensation. Not to chase a dollar at the expense QOL.
I think most give too little credit to the newer pilots. I can’t believe some of the comments I’ve heard about TA1 during cruise. They get it.
Do educate/mentor the new military folks like I was long ago. I was mentored by one of the best after signing up for SSC. Just a paradigm shift. Military folks just need to learn the new AOR and threats. They’ll get it pretty quick. Sadly, all the union seems to care about is PAC contribution from every new class.