Originally Posted by
Popeye0537
Why is it the last thing they would be doing? Hey let's lose money but keep these bases open because of pilot morale. That's not how businesses run. We have 4 gates at ORD, DFW and a few more in DTW that are not producing the results the company wants, so they decide to open IAH, ATL MCO.
Have you seen the last bid? They are having NO problem staffing either new base.....
10 gates in DTW. Morale is pretty important when the name of the game right now is attract and retain pilots. From conversations with my colleagues many are trying to leave because of the reductions. I’ve even spoken to buddies from regionals who got a CJO and decided to stay at the regional because they are driving to work. The pairings can and are already built to flow into bases such as FLL and do that flying. With the new airplanes coming at this rate keeping them staffed would seem to be the priority, not lowering morale and losing even more than they are. Now is the time for pilots to shine, we have options and people will continue leaving/not come here if the domicile they want is no longer attainable and the pay is the lowest in the industry.