Originally Posted by
A320fumes
I thought it was high when I first heard it too. A friend of mine, who was a former Chief Pilot for Expressjet, who also quit, showed me the numbers. It was a little over 10%, about 167. If you are truly interested you can add all of the new-hire classes from the union board and search staffing on ccs. I did it on reserve at the hotel one night. You seem to have a lot of CAL pride and I commend you for that. It also scares me because you also have to vote on the next contract. I'm probably a little more radical against the company than most, so maybe our votes will complement each other's. I think CAL treats it's pilots horribly. If there were any place else to go, I would. Good luck to all that got the type and left.
I DO happen to have a lot of pride in CAL, but I don't buy into management as much as some would tend to think......so we won't be canceling each others vote out and you can relax.....
. I just don't think badmouthing management and the company is really that useful. I asked some of the guys in the training dept when I was down for my PC last year and they said the 10% figure was way high (more like 3-4%). That is where I got my information. I do recall hearing about the XJET CP that got hired and left. He sure left a bad taste when he pulled that and hurt the cause of trying to get more XJET pilots over to mainline. I'd find it hard to believe we had that many pilots bailing to go to other airlines, but maybe it is true. I know a few who left UAL, and AMR for CAL. I know a several FA's who left SWA, UAL and NWA, for CAL too. But hey, if they think the grass is greener they're free to leave...........just make sure the door doesn't hit them on the way out....
You know a lot of guys may WANT to leave, but when it comes down to it, CAL isn't such a bad place to work. Listen to a few other pilot groups talk and you'll see it's the same everywhere else too.