We have 10,600 pilots. A lot of them at very high pay rates that cost a lot of money. The numbers we are losing every month is such a small percentage overall that the company doesn't care.

Skywest has been losing 250 pilots a month for years now. They still manage to keep the pipeline going and make money. Most of those pilots are cheaper options than the ones that left.

I think the company has run the numbers and its cheaper to have more turnover and higher training costs than it is to retain all of the pilots.

Not to mention the slowdown in Boeing delivering airplanes so maybe they see this as a way to keep the seniority list smaller while they don't need it to grow.

I don't think attrition is the negotiating leverage that everyone talking about it thinks it is. But that's just my opinion. I'm just a dumb pilot.