Originally Posted by
Chrisw
600 new hires? Can this be right? Is the APC pilot count of 855 pilots accurate? With a lot of the new people being former cfi's with no 121 time is it practical that Mesa may have trouble finding people eligible for upgrade like TSA did and end up with 2013/2014 hires as captains? Is it realistic that Mesa can and will expand this fast?
Of course its a lie. Eagle said they were hiring 600. Ended with 200. Its just management trying to attract people by throwing fuzzy numbers.