Originally Posted by
KnightNight
I just don’t believe it’s a money issue, yes I want delta rates and then some but I think to truest solve captain staffing you need better qol options. Look at for instance delta reserve rules, they can’t show before 4pm day one and can’t finish after 6pm on last day (or something
like that) . Give people more control of their schedule. Southwest reserves are guaranteed 15 days off. Money isn’t motivating people that would have the biggest bump (year 2 FOs).
I agree for the most partQoL is a big one but pure pay can persuade many. I do think if they make the pay disparity between WB FO and NB CA bigger it will help fill more of Captain bids. Right now $45 per hour can be made up by creative trip scheduling/PPU… if it were a hourly difference of $70-80 they’d get filled quickly IMO.
I’ve also heard LCA override is going to be close to$80/hr… company leaking this to get more LCAs on the books… we will see if that is true shortly.