Originally Posted by
Radar
It sounds like you guys are all being hired on as captains. What are they doing for FOs? What kind of times are people being hired with for FO positions? Are they even hiring FOs yet or are you all getting dual seat qualified ascheck airmen and flying the right seat for now. I haven't heard peep yet about compass hiring any FOs...
The first bunch of pilots hired will be dual qualified (CA/FO), until more pilots are added to the seniority list. Most of the folks being hired right now are going to end up as initial cadre/instructors on the 175. Later classes will be FOs, however, realistically everybody they hire in the next 5 months will be hired based upon "captain qualifications" since they will essentially upgrade right out of training based on the delivery schedule.