Originally Posted by
followingdreams
I do agree, I am not sure $ would solve the 1-3 year attrition problem, but everyone seems to say "pay needs to increase" We were told about a guy who 2 days before indoc got a call from SWA and was out the door, that guy (and many like him) was always going to leave for something bigger. I almost feel its a bit of a lost cause, X% of all new hires are waiting for that phone call. The next tier is people who will stay around assuming QOL and pay fits their goals and they dont mind getting up everyday to go to work.
Id be interested in hearing your thoughts. Feel free to DM me you ideas dont want to post them in public. Everyone seems to say "raise the pay and attrition and people will not leave". As I was always taught from my sales background, if all you have to sell is price, you are going to lose. I feel I am paid fairly and the company does seem to take care of us. I see myself here for the longterm however in this business, I will always keep my eyes and ears open for better opportunitites.
Im pretty simple. I don't need them to match Delta's pay or give me more paid days off or $18k if I stay 3 years. I just want 4 day rotations available from more domiciles. My biggest hang up here is having to be away for 6-8 days at a time. If Flexjet told me, "you can live at any of the domiciles and work mostly 4 day rotations with some longer trips in there occasionally" I would probably stay for my entire career because they have nearly everything else that I want (home based, pretty good pay, international flying opportunities, safe, modern, positive space commute, minimal "reserve", fast upgrade, good vacation, pilots are taken care of on the road, no 24/7 on call, etc...almost perfect, hence why I am here). Now, I understand this is not efficient for the company. But neither is training up a pilot and having them leave after a month or two, or not having enough pilots to meet the demand. They're going to have to pay up one way or another. Give me a mostly 4/4 schedule from any domicile and I am set. Heck, if they needed me to make up for some of that lost efficiency by having me work an 8 or 9 day rotation once a quarter in exchange for this, that would be fine.
I'd also say they should meet or exceed NetJets domicile list. If someone is comparing Flexjet to NetJets and they live in a domicile only offered by NetJets, guess where they're going? By massively expanding their list of domiciles, not only is Flexjet opening the door to more pilots, they could be siphoning off pilots from their competitor. Seems like a pretty good deal to me.
Before I get raked over the coals, those are just my own personal preferences. I am not chasing the biggest paycheck, WB flying, easy flying and a flight attendant bringing me coffee, or the biggest direct contribution. Anyone who wants those things WILL bail the moment Delta or whoever calls (I don't expect Flexjet could ever compete in the aforementioned areas), so a 4/4 schedule here probably wouldn't make a difference to most people anyways. But thats what would do it
for me.