Txflyer:
Did someone in mgmt actually tell you that's what is going to happen or is this just the ridiculous silver rumor mill? Even if someone in the union leadership said it, it is still just hearsay or likely something that was just talked about as a backup option. I believe the problem stems from the fact that the company does not have a Saab upgrade program. They only have an initial training program approved by the FAA. Thus anyone getting their ATP and pic type in the plane (which I believe is the FAA requirement) has to do the WHOLE training program over again. Some articles I have read mentioned that the FAA is working with airlines to approve doing the ATP and type during a regular recurrent training. I don't know the specifics of this, perhaps there is a hang up in getting that approved for us. I'm sure that the company is trying to get something approved, as sending almost all of our FOs to msp for two months before August would cause this place to shut down. I hope that they do the right thing for the pilots and the company but just make sure you are studying NOW. And ATP and type are hard no matter what aircraft, especially for those that are just crossing ATP mins with only a few hundred hours in type.
To the person that said fairmont was "our 3407":
Are you kidding me? The fallout from buffalo changed the whole industry, and more specifically the way colgan and pinnacle's training and safety department operated. There was ZERO effort on the part of silver to educate the pilot group on why fairmont happened and what we should be doing different to prevent a repeat. All they did was fire one crew member and sweep it under the rug.