Originally Posted by
27/09
The coin isn't so much the issue, it's where you're based is the big deal.
A lot of Link pilots, Captains particularly, have worked/stayed in the Links because they like the lifestyle and or work/life balance that living in a regional centre gives them.
With the decision of Air New Zealand to centralise the bases these pilots are reassessing their options, some are looking at jobs that allow them to stay where they've built their life. Those that go the the main centres, usually Auckland, decide they may as well get a job on a jet that pays more money and or gives them a better work life balance.
No wonder there's an increase in pilot turnover for the Links.
Nail on the head.
I'd say the two causes of people looking elsewhere is a combination of this and the apparent lack of career progression through to the Jet Fleet. Sure, the company is in a time of growth, but when damn good Captains / Trainers are being rejected form Jet Interviews it makes you wonder. The whole industry is expanding and recruiting. If you can go elsewhere, earn more and have a much clearer path for career progression it's hard not to look over the fence. Especially when your peers who started at the same time as you are now earning almost twice as much as A320 Captains with Australian airlines.