Originally Posted by
followingdreams
I havent heard of anything like that happening so I will believe it when I see it. I think its a GENIUS business move. There is no greater cost in this industry then repeated Initial Training slots when pilot leave after 1-2years. This gives the a REALLY good reason to stay around and $18k is WAY better than the 30-40k they spen on a new hite.
Respectfully - I think that's a bit on the kool-aid side. I don't think the 18k 3 years in arrears to a 401k is going to do squat for retention here. There's a lot of positives here, but the pay and retirement relative to the airlines in a hiring wave is still in the realm of delusion.