Originally Posted by
LifetimeCFI
At least among the cadets (of which most of us are CFIs, with some 135), we're more fearful by the day esp with the NK-B6 merger having been blocked.
We're the first to get dropped when things slow down. I wish I could say I was confident but I'm not. Already watched my date slide from January to Mar I suspect it's gonna slide again, just waiting for literally any update. I'm at HQ for compliance this week so im hoping for an update but honestly not very optimistic.
Change is always scary. Typically we have run with about 15.8 pilots per plane. We are at 15.4 now. If we go down to 15 pilots per plane with the changes being enacted we still need 225 pilots. Add an attrition number of 30% and we will need to hire 300 pilots this year. I would agree with many that attrition, especially among commuters, is going to continue to increase due to day trips, base movement, and competitors contracts.