Most of the attrition comes not from Captains leaving, but from junior F/O's giving up on the dream after realizing ASA is a dead-end.
The new seniority list tells all.
They just "settled" the NYC transit strike with a contract. Only a month after its amendable date.
See what a real union does for its members.
Compare: A NYC busdriver...
1) $50,000 a year starting salary for a 40 hr work week. Home every night.
2) No educational requirements.
3) No...
WHY does everyone say this?
PLEASE stop....it's so trite.... and insulting, too.
Borne of an era when seats actually reclined, service allowed for relaxation, and air travel was enjoyable.
Now, it's just annoying filler on an otherwise uninspired PA announcement.
I predicted the vise grip was coming:
Average line value 81 hrs vs 90 hrs for September.
Line-for-line days-off DECREASE of approx. 2 days per line.
So, a decrease of about 10% pay spread out over 2 more days of work.
Pick up trips to fly on your days off, and you'll work about 4 days...
Not a single fatality in the US from an RJ crash (except, of course, the skilled Pinnacle ferry pilots.)
How else could the companies have become so brazen as to hire such inexperienced pilots?
"300/100 or less" reads the new-hire roster at most regionals.
I don't know about you, but when...
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