Originally Posted by
ElZilcho
Not exactly.
Regional (T-Prop) Pilots have been resigning in droves due to Air NZ hiring Jet Pilots externally rather than internally. In order to squash this, T-Prop Pilots are getting reserved seniority numbers on the Jet list on a 70/30 ratio with each external hired. Effectively, these Regional Pilots are on "LWOP" from the Jets while continuing their T-Prop position.
What ought be increasingly evident to even the most stubborn apologist for the HR/IR model is that the supply is a BIG problem.
Denied career opportunities pilots left the industry, those remaining are older. The new starts lumped with huge debt, no longer see a 'return on investment', thus are insufficient in number. The same thing airline management crowed about year after year: 'Return on Investment', as they drove down remuneration (due ample supply) that bit further has gone full circle.
In demographics is destiny.
Eventually, management will be forced to re-classify airline pilots as a 'strategic asset'. Career path and remuneration will follow, or Operating Revenue starts shrinking further. Not like the idiots in administration can do a pilot's job now can they?