Originally Posted by
Noisecanceller
There will always be churn as long as there is a legacy to go to. It’s spirits job to minimize that churn to the point where it’s enough to keep things cheap with “juniority” but not high enough that it affects the operation and you lose money.
From day one in class a new hire sees complete chaos from a scheduling standpoint and it doesn’t stop. After a mess of a schedule they finally make it to the line exhausted and stressed out. Then they get hung up by a wx event and see the CA can’t even get a hold of scheduling and ends up buying hotel rooms himself so they don’t sleep in the airport with the FAs. Gee I wonder why there is excessive churn at the bottom.
Had this exact scenario recently with a new hire, who by the way was anything but exhausted and stressed. We did first two legs, plane swap but no plane. I bought us dinner in the airport while we waited on hold and joked about the hold music. Said if they don’t answer by the time we finish eating, it’s hotel time. Check came, I sent an email, called a chief, booked two rooms on my app and ordered an Uber black. I wasn’t bothered and he wasn’t bothered, so maybe tone down the hyperbole.
It’s unfortunate we have these scenarios, but it’s all really very simple: you have xx:xx hours to be on duty and then you’re not for at least 10. Does it suck when that duty goes longer than originally planned? Yes, but that’s the job sometimes. In a perfect world should all arrangements be taken care of, probably so. However I’m a well paid adult with a high limit credit card and the innate ability to problem solve, as are most pilots here. It’s strange to me that these scenarios would be so wrought with chaos and stress that it would compel a new hire to leave.