Originally Posted by
Race Bannon
Not sure this is true. Look at 737 captain at all bases. The number 10,000 pilot is about 90% which is within a margin +/- of a coupla percent across ALL bases and would be on reserve with no control of their schedule. Forget about commuting to 90% NB captain, the QOL would suck. That same 10K pilot would be about 55% in SFO as a 777FO working possibly 3 x 3 day trips for 75 hours a month. I don't care how much better the line holder improvements are(reasonably achievable), they will not pull guys like this to NB captain unless they are much better % than a bottom line holder. This is especially true for the 50% of the list that are commuters.
Great points and well said. If the TA passes, senior WB FOs will be making north of $300/hr this January, with guys and gals with only 5-6 years on property shortly thereafter breaking $300/hr going all the way up to $340/hr at Year 12. Also to your point, those 3 days are highly commutable with generally late starts and early finishes.
Originally Posted by
TFAYD
why will the direct entry scheme fail?
that is one of my concerns. We gave away that leverage. No LOA and no QoL improvements anymore …
Exactly. It’ll be interesting to see what the final language looks like, but it sounds like they’ll allow pilots with the FAR requirements to bid for Captain with upgrading training beginning as early as 350 hours in type at the company. More concerning, it sounds like Captain slots can be awarded as early as Day 1 of indoc (forcibly, TBD).