Originally Posted by
squawkoff
How soon will Envoy start training for the 175? I assume that you will hire into the 145 until you get the initial cadre of current pilots trained and then new hires will go straight into the 175. If you get some new folks come to Envoy with a bad case of new SJS thinking they are going into the 175 aren't you worried that initially when the new hires arrive and they pick their base and equipment and they see their only choice is the 145 that they won't get up and walk out? Or do you still inform the new hires what bases and equipment is available prior to class? If they decide to take the class and bases/equipment offered and wait till they are displaced they will see new folks junior to them being hired off the street going straight to the 175. I don't know the answer to this dilemma (if it is) but just seems like something that needs to be considered and managed by your recruiting department. Just an observation.
I wouldn't worry about what plane you are initially hired into. The pay is equally as bad for all planes at Eagle. If you want to fly for a company, show up to class, get your seniority date as early as possible, and then transfer to the equipment you want when given the opportunity. At Eagle, our contract only allows FOs to transition to a different jet during upgrade or during displacement (shuffling planes/pilots/bases). Eagle likes to displace and retrain all the time, so there's a good chance you'll end up getting type rated on multiple planes as an FO if you go to Eagle.