Originally Posted by
fullflank
Not going to come to PSA. Here is why I think that: PSA doesn't have the infrastructure for growth. We have one Sim that runs 24hrs/day to accommodate recurrent, new hire etc. They've been asking airways for another, no luck. The one guy who wanted growth, the VP, just passed away. If we get more 700/900's our pay will actually go up because of the blended rate. Parker is obviously trying to get labor to fly these things cheaper, not actually pay pilots more than now. All that, and I'm very confident in saying that PSA is not going to be considered for this flying.
All are good points. But don't rule out PSA getting some aircraft, if those new RJ's are 900's. All of our pilots are already typed on the aircraft, reducing training cost considerably for the pilots we will need to upgrade for the growth. Cost for hiring pilots off the street to replace the first officers that will be upgrading will remain the same. The training department is expanding. By September the downstairs in Dayton will be PSA's and it is set up to have large classes running at the same time. We could have upgrades, new hires, and flight attendant classes being conducted without the claustrophobic felling we have now. Yes we will need to have another sim for the 900 differences but it will probably be cheaper to send the pilots to Montreal for a 2 day sim session than it will be to buy one. Yes MZ did pass away but surprisingly KH is showing his face more and has made it clear that he knows PSA must grow with larger aircraft or we are all out of jobs. Last but not least PSA is cheap.