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GoGators85
Thanks for the reply. Additionally, when you say 2 of the 20 are selected for the ATR, do they just split two people off from their 20 person classes or does the entire class generally get the same equipment? Thanks again.
No. It's really based on attrition. We are losing far more CRJ200 crews than the ATR or CRJ700. One thing to note.....the ATR is a relatively senior aircraft. They usually fly short trips....the crews are typically home in the evenings vs. long overnights in the RJ's. The CRJ700's have better pay rates, so crews stick by them longer. Attrition is the main factor.
Here is a paste from an email we rec'd a few days ago............
"Sorry I did not get the staffing information out to you sooner but I was waiting for more information on the last 2 CRJ700 aircraft coming to us from Comair. As of today, it appears they will come in October. Based on the aircraft delivery information and current attrition, we are planning to run new hire classes of 40 for the remainder of this year. Upgrades are planned at 20 per month from now until the first week in December.
Starting in July, we will be conducting classes of 4 every two weeks for the CRJ700, down from class sizes of 10. The numbers will be skewed to the First Officer ranks since Captain attrition only runs 2-3 per month. Overall pilot attrition is planned at 6 per week or 26 per month. In April attrition was 28, May was 17 and June is so far 30.
Starting in July, staffing requirements are as follows:- ATR Crews needed -- 45 available Captains -- 41 available F/Os -- 42
- CRJ200 Crews needed -- 464 available Captains -- 455 available F/Os -- 452
- CR700 Crews needed -- 163 available Captains -- 176 available F/Os -- 178
As the month of July progresses, we will continue to move to the plus side and in good shape to staff the rest of the summer schedule. The summer schedule does though start winding down after August 22. Block hours will be down in September but then start ramping back up in October and reaching a peak in December.
Unless our attrition spikes from current plan, we are in a good position to absorb the 2 remaining aircraft and pull the average line values down. I appreciate those who gave up their vacation weeks (84 total) and picked up open time over the past five months, it helped to minimize the extensions and junior assigning."