Originally Posted by
jtf560
Not talking about furloughs at all. The lack of a union isn't why Flex has achieved so many gains. The current lack of pilot supply is what brought Flex up- pay up to attract and keep pilots or you don't have a viable business. The same reason Delta, Alaska, Spirit, etc... have gotten new contracts with large raises. If Flex is best for you, stick around. I wouldn't, but then again, I'm not sure I'm going to stick around NetJets either. There is no way I'd consider a non union pilot job, but then again, 99.9% of the good pilot positions are unionized. Neither Flex or NetJets are particularly good pilot jobs even with whatever gains they have gotten since one got rid of their union and the other continued to get new, better contracts outside of the normal timelines.
I think there is fair number of pilots, both F/O's and CPT's looking at leaving. We're behind in pay and QOL on the road is a joke. Looking at the VAWD's for April that was just published, we have too many pilots that don't understand leverage.