Wheels falling off at RAH
08-04-2015 | 12:36 PM
#1141
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No kidding!! There is nothing that is ever going to happen that will cause airlines to come to that level.
They may of course stop hiring the regional guys to keep them there as long as they can. Maybe start a major airline MPL program to get around depleting their regional staffing.
They may of course stop hiring the regional guys to keep them there as long as they can. Maybe start a major airline MPL program to get around depleting their regional staffing.
08-04-2015 | 10:10 PM
#1142
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08-04-2015 | 10:34 PM
#1143
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I don't think that will happen either. They need regional pilots, and unless something changes, they won't have any. They need to make being a regional pilot more attractive. Unless the pay rates increase dramatically, prospective pilots will continue to pick IT and Environmental courses of study and make 5x as much as a career starting in the regionals. Things have to change, the current model is unsustainable. I see majors stapling regional seniority lists to the bottom of their own before I see excluding regional pilots from their hiring pool.
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08-04-2015 | 11:01 PM
#1144
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Right now a pilot might get hired on at a regional at age 30, then make it to a major at 35. He starts over at year 1 pay. If they stapled on seniority lists and flew RJ's at the same rates, he'd be at year 5 pay by 35. Sadly that's a significant incentive to keep the companies separate.
08-04-2015 | 11:24 PM
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Right now a pilot might get hired on at a regional at age 30, then make it to a major at 35. He starts over at year 1 pay. If they stapled on seniority lists and flew RJ's at the same rates, he'd be at year 5 pay by 35. Sadly that's a significant incentive to keep the companies separate.
08-05-2015 | 06:21 AM
#1149
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Still a net loss of 20 (gain of -20) is still significant. Using ball park number of 10 pilots per airplane that's 2 more airplanes that cannot be staffed and that number has been stead for about a year.
Don't the 50 UAL airplanes start this month? BB better buy stock in unicorns and glitter.
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