Originally Posted by
Tranquility
I take a different approach to it…. I ask “when’s your class date at xxxx <-insert legacy???” I’d say at least 75% of those under 2 years have an interview, waiting on a class, or have an actual class date. My batting average on the right legacy guess is about 66% correct.
The ones less than 2-ish years that are staying either have a nice side-gig and truly want the work rules, or are on an E3 visa.
I don’t ask the FO’s I fly with if they are leaving, it’s none of my business what they do career-wise outside of my flight deck. If they want to talk about it, cool, but think it also sets a bad tone when those who want to be here to start out the banter that way. That being said, my anecdotal experience over the past several months is that fewer guys are proudly chirping about the interview or class date they have at a legacy, and more talk about how happy they are here. I haven’t flown with an FO who has told me they planned to leave in several months. We’ve both flown with equally small slices of the pie, so it’s tough to extrapolate that out to a general junior FO sentiment.