Originally Posted by
HeavyD
Our new hires make 30% less in base pay than a new hire makes at Mesa, Horizon etc. The soft money that both the company and the union were pushing at these expos isn't materializing. This is coming directly from the probationary pilots I have flown with this year. The union can talk up IBB's all they want. They have been nothing but band aid fixes for the company.
What a difference a year makes. The pendulum has indeed swung from one extreme to the other. This time last year there were as many extended days paid at 2.5x as you wanted and FDP was plentiful. All the while the regionals still paid less and sucked more.
Fast forward to today, extended days are unicorns, FDP has dried up (at least in my fleet) and the regionals are offering unheard of financial incentives and flow through programs. I just read that Air Wisconsin is offering a $150,000 signing bonus!
There has to be massive improvement in the next IBB, especially for the new hires and junior first officers. These are the people who can make or break the growth ambitions of the company. Attract and retain!