Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
I wonder if there are concrete numbers on other airlines as far as how many pilots have to be hired and trained to stay on the property more than a couple years? Didn’t realize that 800+ were hired to keep 400 on the property. That’s staggering.
I’d be curious to know other airlines numbers too. I think the corner of the industry were in being ulcc and lcc it’s somewhat common. We’re not a regional and not going to lose everyone to mainline or another major. But some still use this, especially early in their career, as a stepping stone to get to a legacy or cargo. The legacy hiring has definitely increased attrition though. But again they didn’t hire 800 people and 400 of them left. Most of the people leaving are senior FOs and junior captains. Those 800 hired will replace most of the 400 that left and then grow the fo side. If they need more captains they can lower the minimums and have plenty of people eligible to upgrade.