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04-02-2018, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by A Squared
...without the feeders having to offer terms of employment which make them attractive in their own right.
04-02-2018, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DreFlyer
they’re now throwing a “guaranteed interview” carrot to try and make feeders more attractive to pilots who want to eventually fly for purple.
04-02-2018, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DreFlyer
Correct . . . feeders will more than likely have to come up with further pay and QOL-friendly schedule improvements to complement this new carrot though.
04-03-2018, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LuckyDucky7
That’s kind of what I was thinking
04-03-2018, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
Which will raise costs to the feeder. There is a breaking point somewhere.
04-03-2018, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Biggbird
And 3.5-4 years is a long time to have to fly an atr when someone can be a regional jet captain in 18 months these days. Who's to say this program will even be around then? I'm sure retirements will continue to grow but thats all the more reason that they'll take people off the street for "mainline" Fedex. Empire and MAC arent big airlines and probably wont dominate new hire classes regardless of having the program.
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