Originally Posted by
saturn
So of the 241 FOs on property today, does that figure include September and most of October new hires too? Also how many upgrades will there be for the remaining of this year? And this mentioned training plan for next year, any idea on how many upgrades per month?
The last October class started yesterday. We now have 497 pilots on property through the October classes.
16-20 upgrades in January
24 upgrades in February
32 upgrades in march
Some months have closer to 40 per month after march.
I would expect to lose 145 pilots to flow in 2015 and also another 20 - 30 pilots (low estimate) to attrition for other airlines. Then we have to add around 220 pilots for the AA flying. And we were short staffed to begin with.
Hope that helps.
God help us. Highly doubt we have enough check airmen to do IOE at a pace that will be anywhere close to how fast the new hires and upgrades will be exiting the schoolhouse.