Originally Posted by
Puckpilot78
There's a story floating around about an instructor whose time came to interview for a pilot position. The company denied it said they couldn't afford to lose him as an instructor. So he went and interviewed with AA, and starts class soon if not already. So they (SWA) lost both a current instructor and potential pilot all in one fell swoop. #winning
That's exactly what the USAF has been doing for decades. They have 10 critical unfilled job openings that a retirement or separation eligible officer will accept, but then they offer the officer the one job they won't accept and have no way to actually match available personnel to jobs they're willing to do. So the officer quits/retires and now they have 11 critical unfilled positions instead of 10 critical unfilled positions.
It sounds like SWA is intent on copying the military on this exact employee retention issue. The path they've chosen is guaranteed to lose employees and millions of dollars of training/experience will keep walking out the door as long as they keep it up.