Originally Posted by
Vandal
Hey just curious if anyone has been in Memphis recently and knows about recent hiring. How many classes, if any, have they been starting every month? Which planes/bases are new hires getting assigned? How long until they start putting new hires back into the CRJ200?
All the training on the 200 side is going to be transfers until fall 2012 at least. With all the guys likely to bid the CRJ when their seat locks are up on the Saab or the Q there may not be any new hires going to the CRJ for a long time.
Of course that assumes there will be no changes to the ability to transfer between certificates.
Right now all the hiring is on the Colgan side with classes running until May at least. At the the time of the 11-09 award we were short around 100, and new hire classes in Nov and Dec had 12 each. Since the last new hires came on property in Sept we have lost around 14 a month. So that is 100 we were short, we've lost 28 more, and hired 12. Quite a few planes will have to be parked before furloughs can happen. When the mass exodus to Fedex starts in the spring it will get even worse.