Originally Posted by
Imapilot2
Not even close at Mesaba and Comair. Maybe in 10 years you would be right. Not even close at 3. I had ten at Mesaba, I left at the 25 percentile, and that was just pilots! It takes ten years at Comair just to hold 200 CA. So that means 10 years doesn't even break 50%!
All very true for pilots. A airline however actually has other employees besides pilots. The turnover in other areas is huge. Even at mainline Delta the average ramper at JFK works 6 months! The turnover in rampers, janitors, agents, ect... is very high.