Anybody on the Company conference call today? I forgot they moved them to Wednesdays.

CE-402s on order to compete with Cape Air!! :D

Some Useful information from NANCY........

Yes, KCM on the budget for 2014, Not sure how staffing bid will shake out so we don't know how they are going to shift pilots from outstations to hubs, again not sure how staffing bid with shake out so billings is closing in December at 4 pm on a date I forgot and the people left out there will either be going to transition class (date to be announced due to the holidays they are working on it) or going to Cleveland, Thanks for all the hard work during the holidays David appreciates it, We are working on pilot retention and know that the bonus is only for recruiting and working on keeping you here but know we can’t break the bank. That’s all I remember.

O and Safety first was added at the very end after everyone hung up.

LOLOLOLOLOLOL
I'd Vote Gulley as CP!!!

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Thanks nancy, good info.

They said if I come back I could wear my uniform with shorts and flip flops.

Chief Pilot Gulley.


It could work.

Sense, this makes none...

Working on pilot retention, can't break the bank, but they're willingly paying new hires much more than half the FO's currently on property.

The bonus is for new hire recruitment

Pilot retention- "We are looking into it" if we paid everyone somthing that would make them not want to leave it would break the bank. AKA Your here and we shal abuse you till you leave

All referrals should go to the referring pilot. Let's say that you know of 10 pilots that have the hours to get hired. You walk their resume in and all 10 are hired and make it through training. Your paycheck should reflect a $60,000 bonus on top of your salary. Said bonus should be paid out in monthly increments beginning immediately. The pilots being hired, although they will not see any bonus, will have the opportunity to refer people they know and get in on the action. This example demonstrates a company that cares about hiring and retaining. But they are not going to do this because they know some new hire pilots aren't going to be on the property for a year.

In order for airlines like Silver to survive, something is going to need to change.

Student Pilot dropouts are at an all-time high. These last few years, Student Pilot starts were at an all-time low. This year, I'm hearing the number of Student Pilot starts might be higher than last year, but when you dig into the data, the age of the pilots starting is 40 and over, people with more discretionary income.

So, what can change or who can flinch? Here are some possibilities.

-FAA adds a ticket tax to fund programs for pilot development, levels the competitive playing field.
-Silver charges a higher fare to cover employee salaries
-Major Airlines acquire regional airlines in a TRUE fashion and place regional aircraft on the property
-Soft changes that improve quality of life
-Regional/commuter airlines go out of business allowing for pilots to be absorbed by others
-Regional/commuter airlines merging with other regional airlines and axing aircraft and overlapping routes

others?

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Pick the cheapest option and that's the solution we will most likely see.