Originally Posted by
tailendcharlie
The truth, indeed, is the vast majority here place day trips above all else. A year or two ago when it was truly crazy & you could practically walk on at a legacy & have an unheard-off career in front of you, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, everyone thought the big takeaway from that was we were losing 30 pilots/mo. omg what leverage we have. No. The takeaway was Allegiant did NOT lose 50, 60, 70% of their pilots. It was mostly churn at the bottom of the list. Management took note. They have them by the b@!!s because they'll do everything short of sell off their firstborn to keep the day trips. Management has the leverage, there's no mass-exodus threat.
Of course they do. You are just now figuring this out? If we didn't value day trips above all else why else would we be here? There is not a single reason to be here otherwise. Glad you tracked down all the clues sherlock and figured out the mystery of the industry.
I have only ever heard three reasons from pilots for why they are at allegiant: 1. day trips 2. type rating 3. couldn't get hired anywhere else (okay they don't actually tell me that but sometimes its obvious - tho that is the vast minority of our pilots).