Originally Posted by
ctd57
B/C we are already trained on the 200. Transition to the 900 takes a matter of days or hours instead of having pilots having to learn a whole new aircraft. If I am not mistaken, a 700 type only takes 8 hours or less if you are already trained on the 200. Pinnacle could have those a/c in the air alot sooner I would think.
So Pinnacle is going to magically be able to take on 36 aircraft without putting any new hires through a complete ground school? Upgrades also go through the same ground school as New Hires if you didn't notice. Wow, you guys really have it down over there. In reality, Pinnacle would have to lower their hiring minimums and also their Captain minimums so they could properly staff it. Or maybe just more pay and better work rules would attract some pilots???