I'm in new hire class right now here are a few truths...

yes they are still hiring, planned well through June of 2012, number is still unknown everywhere from 200-500.

FROM NOW ON...NEW HIRES WILL ALWAYS GO TO THE SAAB, if you get hired at pinnacle or mesaba or colgan...you're going to the Saab. Which means you have to have 1000/100 as minimums, they're not moving on this.

So for all those people that were hired between 250-~1000 hrs...they said they will probably be dropped from the pool, unless they approve you for colgan saab class(example: you have 900TT and 300+multi with an ATP written)

that's all...systems start monday!

and FTR there is 14 new hires and 5 mesaba Saab instructors switching over to the Colgan cert. all in the current class