Originally Posted by
Lakeaffect
Why did Frontier raise first year pay? Raising first year pay helps attract people and lowers attrition. It’s not a perfect fix, but it helps.
Why do ten other airlines have better pay than NK without screwing over their newbies? Why should NK management worry about losing second and third year FOs when they can promptly replace them with cheaper labor?
Do you think management would worry more about losing second and third year FOs and junior CAs if they couldn’t easily replace them with new hires? New hires that they get for cheap? Classes are full. Plenty of low time FOs in CA constrained regionals willing to jump to NK for a new type and enough hours to move on. Management is using the cheap feed to beat the union at its own game.
How long must this not work to convince you it won’t work?