Originally Posted by
BobbyLeeSwagger
The airlines wasted the 5 extra years to do anything to prepare for this. Wages came up only in reaction to supply issues. In 2015 regionals still paid 26-30 bucks an hour and many LCCs were still under 60k first year, some still are! 🤡
... meanwhile the cost of training keeps going up... this career just needs to pay more 🤷🏼♂️
Actually it does not need to pay more, from a recruiting/pipeline perspective... it already pays plenty compared to most white and blue collar careers, with more days off and less stress to boot (even regionals now). Not many (in this climate) quit once they get here... it's getting folks to climb the barriers to entry that's problematic.
They can fix the problem pretty quickly by offering wholesale paid ab initio training, with a modest salary and benefits. Further advantage there is that it does NOT fall under union/CBA jurisdiction so they can throttle that up and down at will.