Go there now. First year is $95/hr 2nd is $128...if you're on the bus. They have to get a new contract soon if they want the merge with NK to happen. Their contract won't allow for a merger without a new one between the 2. Don't worry about their contract now

People stay because of fear. They are worried something great is going to happen here and they'll miss out.

Here's a I'm bored on a Saturday theory
9E goes away

2-3 years these unsustainable payrates allegedly revert to before payrates at some airlines.

1-2 regionals go bankrupt

An airline without a wholly owned decides to go shopping at the regional airline bankruptcy court

new contract probably will not happen for a while, they now have to negotiate for both pilot groups

I’d still go to any major you could conceivably spend a career at and be happy. All these regional rates shouldn’t distract any pilot from that. Even with a year or two to catch up, for a 20-30 year career you’re way better off at LCC XYZ and such than sticking it out at Regional ABC for $140/hr skipper pay (and the stuff like 15% DC).

I really don’t see these rate hikes doing much to fix the issue. Last I saw, PSA still lost 64 pilots in July, and that’s a pilot group smaller than EDV. Go forth and enjoy a career at whatever major you can grab.

oh yea don’t get me wrong, I’m out in 2 weeks. But I also know I will be stuck at the current pay scale for a while. Until they figure stuff out with spirit

Good luck! If they dawdle on pay they’ll lose pilots to Big 3+Brown/purple. Don’t forget 15% DC, that helps for sure.

ATL base appears to be shrinking...... Any theories?

It doesn't appear to be..it is. So no theories needed.

ATL over here at Skywest is growing.. it’s up to 55 pilots on the captain side from the originally planned 25