Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
That's not how ASA put the CRJs into service. After a month of training in Montreal, I sat around for close to two months waiting for the planes to show up and for proving runs to be completed. At least we got to do IOE on the proving runs. Was the best summer ever!
My understanding is AA got their first 319 in June and started service in September with six of them.
We got our first 717 around the 10th I think and flew it on the 25th, but it was just one jet for a few days then a second will or did start and so on.
Not sure when AA began their pilot training but we started ours in May I think and a few pilots got to do touch and goes in an AirTran 71 calling themselves Citrus the whole time.