The airlines are no longer the unsophisticated bus drivers at the other end of the airport. They are your direct competition for talent under 50…period. Fractional is exploding and they are your competition as well..
Many flight departments, like ours, live in a bubble. They’ve managed for 40 years thumbing their noses at 121 pilots. And they don’t anybody in 121 nor have any interest in how they operate so that doesn’t help. You get the cliche “the green isn’t always greener”… how would they know? Part 91 crews for corporations are a major cost center and offering 14 days off a month is what they consider part time for full time salary and that won’t work for management.
The pool of 30-40 somethings is drying up even for the airlines. Our department’s recruiter said it’s slim pickings. So how is corporate going to survive when the 55 and up retire? Many won’t and will go fractional IMHO.