The Useful PSA Thread
03-05-2015, 05:46 PM
#2222
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Originally Posted by PilotCrusader
Thanks for sharing. The timeframe is pretty definitive. The language on what they "have" to do is very weak. I thought the single operating certificate wasn't getting done for a few more months?
I've heard rumors that it gets done in April and also rumors that it would be this fall......at best.
It seems to me it would be in their best interest to increase the number to at least 10. If that were the case in about 3 years time the most senior guy on the list not counting the 50ish that bypassed will be 3-4 years. They'll have themselves a 150 acft airline at ridiculous cheap labor prices. This is the plan they sold us all along. Time to find out if they were lying(probably).
03-05-2015, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by pagey
Agreed that the language is weak.
I've heard rumors that it gets done in April and also rumors that it would be this fall......at best.
It seems to me it would be in their best interest to increase the number to at least 10. If that were the case in about 3 years time the most senior guy on the list not counting the 50ish that bypassed will be 3-4 years. They'll have themselves a 150 acft airline at ridiculous cheap labor prices. This is the plan they sold us all along. Time to find out if they were lying(probably).
I've heard rumors that it gets done in April and also rumors that it would be this fall......at best.
It seems to me it would be in their best interest to increase the number to at least 10. If that were the case in about 3 years time the most senior guy on the list not counting the 50ish that bypassed will be 3-4 years. They'll have themselves a 150 acft airline at ridiculous cheap labor prices. This is the plan they sold us all along. Time to find out if they were lying(probably).
03-05-2015, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisreedrules
I don't see why this wouldn't be their ideal plan. Key word: ideal. It keeps guys flowing up to AAG and keeps regional labor costs down. Everyone is happy. Of course a lot can change in the next few years that could send the airlines for another spiral. We shall see.
Fresh meat these days. Let's face it, even PSA would struggle to hire if they didn't have plenty of pilots coming from other 121 carriers.
So your right, it would be ideal if everything else was ideal. Right now though, they want to keep their regionals staffed. Major staffing will never be an issue.
This is why flows don't work. Ask my friends here at envoy who waited 16 years to flow after they were told they would be there in 3 years. Even now, our flow has once again stalled. There is always a reason.
03-05-2015, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by PilotCrusader
I think it would be ideal if there weren't such a shortage of
Fresh meat these days. Let's face it, even PSA would struggle to hire if they didn't have plenty of pilots coming from other 121 carriers.
So your right, it would be ideal if everything else was ideal. Right now though, they want to keep their regionals staffed. Major staffing will never be an issue.
This is why flows don't work. Ask my friends here at envoy who waited 16 years to flow after they were told they would be there in 3 years. Even now, our flow has once again stalled. There is always a reason.
Fresh meat these days. Let's face it, even PSA would struggle to hire if they didn't have plenty of pilots coming from other 121 carriers.
So your right, it would be ideal if everything else was ideal. Right now though, they want to keep their regionals staffed. Major staffing will never be an issue.
This is why flows don't work. Ask my friends here at envoy who waited 16 years to flow after they were told they would be there in 3 years. Even now, our flow has once again stalled. There is always a reason.
03-06-2015, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Boss Hoggin
18 months is the current rumor. Any truth?
There are guys upgrading right now at 6 months.
How long that will last is a guessing game.
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