Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Jerry, I just went through training. They are doing fine. We talked a long time ago about this and you said they would not even be able to hire 100 a month. They are hiring in excess of that number now. They are going off sight for some training but most of that will be brought back in house with the addition of a 737 and a330 sim. Nobody in the training department was talking or acting like a big crises is looming.
Not to dispute your experience but...
I am presently in the schoolhouse and my newhire training partner checked out the newest class. The newest class is half the size of his class due to the lengthening time it is taking to get the newhires a training slot. As it is, some newhires are waiting weeks between indoc and airplane school due to a full training schedule.
Miami simulators are being used by DAL with no talking about winding that down even after the new 737 sims are certified by the FAA.
LP