Originally Posted by
Probe
They can't properly staff the place in the good times. It scares me to think what will happen when the high revenue bubble bursts. Again.
They are hiring 1000 pilots this year for some reason, and don't have the training assets to train them. In the midst of this, they are going to displace 200-300 pilots out of IAH and DEN. Then, to just kick themselves in the nuts, they are going to move the training center to ORD and have to train 80% new instructors.
Should be fun to watch, but not to live through. I think being a sim instructor could be extremely lucrative the next couple of years, although you won't be home much.
I totally agree with you but would guesstimate more like 90 to 95% new instructors. Nobody I know is going to pack up and move to Chicago. That is IF it goes to ORD there is supposed to be an announcement tomorrow the 16th.