Allegiant Bases
08-13-2021, 06:37 AM
#472
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I think the more likely scenario is, this will become a forced TDY nightmare base, only magnifying the misery.
New hires will get awarded FNT, but by the time they finish OE they’ll bid out, creating a constant need to TDY. Allentown was like this before covid. On the captain side, it will likely be a constant churn of upgrades, creating the same problem of pilots being “based” in FNT, but never actually working there since they’ll be in the upgrade footprint. Unless they bring VBD back by Feb, this means pilots will be pulled from other bases to staff FNT… so much for being home every night.
New hires will get awarded FNT, but by the time they finish OE they’ll bid out, creating a constant need to TDY. Allentown was like this before covid. On the captain side, it will likely be a constant churn of upgrades, creating the same problem of pilots being “based” in FNT, but never actually working there since they’ll be in the upgrade footprint. Unless they bring VBD back by Feb, this means pilots will be pulled from other bases to staff FNT… so much for being home every night.
Do you think the union would cave on the vacancy reductions after standing up to the company last time they tried it? That would be terrible precedent in negotiations but I could definitely see the company trying it. If they did, attrition would spike. They are arrogant about getting butts in seats right now, but that's going to change in a year or two. We had hit the bottom of the barrel with the Feb 2020 class in terms of experience and backgrounds. Several regionals shutting down boosted their numbers for this hiring wave but that's not going to last long. Pretty soon we will have 1500 hour CFIs in the right seat.
08-13-2021, 04:14 PM
#475
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08-13-2021, 07:05 PM
#476
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08-14-2021, 03:41 AM
#478
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Sounds about right. Latest I heard was avg 4 people leaving a week.
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08-14-2021, 04:12 AM
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