Lay-off or retrain?

Hello!

I am planning a complete fleet overhaul, by replacing 33 F50s and S20s with Q400s. However, that means I’ll have 264 pilots from types that I don’t use anymore.The question is, is it cheaper to retrain all of them into DH8 rating or firing them?

I’ve read somewhere that the redundant fee is around 6x the normal salary. What I haven’t found in the board is the re-training fee. Can someone shed a light in this matter?

Thanks!

Retraining costs around three or four weekly salaries (half of training completely fresh pilots), so it would be cheaper to retrain than to fire them. (That information is available on the crew management page at the question mark after “Re-train pilots”).