Originally Posted by
Pilottim79
I recently ate dinner next to PSA recruiters who said they pretty much already have all the pilots they need. They want something like 1200 pilots and only need like just over 100 more.
That is just what THEY told me, dunno if it is true.
This is the TSA thread and I don't want to get off topic, but I do want to respond to the comment about PSA.
I can not imagine any PSA recruited saying that. If so, please tell us who they were and where you heard this. The CEO announced a couple days ago that they plan to hire 750 additional pilots this year, and the recruiters have been saying that for months now. PSA currently has about 1000 on the seniority list, of which about 800 are active pilots. At a minimum, we need 1200 active pilots. With attrition, PSA will be hiring 30 per class, 2 classes per month, for another year and a half at the minimum. After that, expect at least 30 a month being hired to cover attrition alone. When AA and US are on the same operating certificate, the flow/ssp will go up to 100 or more guaranteed job offers at mainline per year. That, coupled with the guys going to the majors outside of the flow, will keep movement going at PSA even if we do not get the additional aircraft that are slated as "options".
The average experience a new hire at PSA has is about 3000 hours 121 jet time. (Take the total 121jet time per class and divide by the number of people in the class). It is not uncommon for new hire classes to be 50% prior 121 guys from other regionals with 5000-8000 hours in the CRJ. There seem to always be one or two with over 12,000 hours. Just as many new hires are going to the majors and lcc's as are senior captain. Some guys, especially ex-military, are getting hired and moving to the lcc's and large 121 cargo companies before they leave ground school.
People hired today can still expect to upgrade in about 2 years.