Originally Posted by 404yxl

I was making a guess off a previous post, but if it's just 8, lets go off of 2/month that they said they would staff for. That would mean 2 in August, 2 in September, and 2 in October that are more than likely already awarded for in the bids we have already had. The next bid is for November. If we say 10 pilots/plane, then they need to still hire 60 pilots and upgrade 30 more for the remaining 6 AA planes, from November onwards, on top of our regular attrition.



That could happen. If they get 175's and they go to Compass, that would change our dynamics back to what we have been seeing. That said, if the regionals are struggling to staff, Delta could decide to bring that flying back to mainline in the form of larger jets, requiring more mainline pilots, but less overall.

Going forward, the only regionals that can hire for the increasing attrition, are those paying at least $10,000/year more than they currently do to their pilots.



He seems to have a crutch on his shoulder since he left Endeavor and then they were all awarded $20,000/bonus on top of their yearly pay. The shrinking over there has stopped and their attrition should be better than Compass, now that the flow has ended here. Once our growth ends, the artificial attrition we have been gaining at Compass will also be the same as Endeavor. For some reason, he refuses to acknowledge the changing dynamics with the Endeavor situation, which is probably due to him still trying to justify his decision to leave Endeavor to Compass, which I agree was a good one at the time and still was due to the seniority he gained coming to Compass.

Originally Posted by LibertyPilot

What is a realistic upgrade time at Compass for SEA or LAX. Also how long would a new pilot be on reserve in SEA or LAX, What is the reserve response time? Looking to see if living in Portland, OR is feasable.