rudder wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:13 am
Hiring 500 hr (or 250 hr) pilots at a carrier losing hundreds of CA per year is not a plan. Also, 1500 hr and and ink still wet ATP rating does not make a pilot ‘Captain qualified’ at a 705 carrier.
One only has to wonder how this is going to end.
I just see desperation from management at every corner. There are lots of well qualified people in 703 and 704 ops, along with other airlines that would come over if the pay were better, and someone could map a career at Jazz. Not everyone wants to work for Air Canada. Not everyone needs to make over $300,000 grand. But people do expect to be compensated fairly, particularly in this market.
I think the sentiment in Canada amongst pilots is rather uniform, in that we are fed up being treated the way we are, and have been for 40 years. This sentiment isn't going to go away. The only way to increase the number of pilots in the pipeline long term, is to ensure we are fairly compensated, and treated properly, to once again make it an attractive career choice.
But it appears shrinking is more palpable option to management, over paying. Which of course just makes people more angry, bitter, and generally discourages people to apply. Because who wants to work for a company that thinks so little of an employee group that they choose to shrink over pay.
Everyday I wake up in shock at the situation.