It may not be a flood yet.
But the shenanigans and dishonesty that's occurred over the past 6 months has ALOT of people updating logbooks and sending out applications/resumes.
Folks previously happy have been seeing things they had heard of (as what they though of as simply whinging, legend, and rumor) but didn't believe to be true--now being proven in front of them. And are contemplating a change of direction they hadn't been considering before at all.
Folks reach a breaking point. They don't want to go, but they sit wide eyed at the goings on thinking things like "you have GOT to be kidding me--these are the people at the helm ?!!?" And that other airlines are senority driven (with MANY, MANY slots to open up--for whatever reason) have to make a rational decision to get into somewhere new and have decent senority 10 years down the road, or to stay here. If it comes down to folks being unhappy with staying (especially if it means the next 20 years are like the past year) they WILL leave. How anyone charged with operating an airline at a profit wouldn't see this is beyond belief--yet that's what is happening. Doesn't matter how many toys are in the pipe.
People are an investment--skilled labour takes ALOT of money to make it skilled. And it takes ALOT of money to train someone to replace a mid-level experienced person who suddenly decides this isn't the place for them. ALOT more than a reasonable pay rise and reasonable rostering.
Used to be a future in staying here seemed bright for many; maybe now not so much.
Last edited by Shep69; 27th Nov 2014 at 03:48.