Originally Posted by PSAJOBS

What do you base your opinion on? Your vast airline experience? How many Pilots have you hired? How many MX bases have you opened?

We don't offer hiring "incentives" today but that doesn't mean we won't tomorrow. If you are hired today with no 121 experience, we are projecting it will take 18 to 20 months to upgrade. If you come here with 700 hrs. of previous 121 or more, as soon as you have 300 hrs. at PSA you will upgrade (inside a year). I look at the staffing model a couple times a week.

Is it tougher now than it was six months ago? Of course it is. Is PSA still the right choice for a pilot to come to? It depends on the individuals needs, goals and desired lifestyle. But saying the quick upgrades are over is just untrue.

You said "classes of 8 aren't getting it done". We had 150 first officers already hired in various stages of training. You have no clue what are needs are yet you offer an opinion.

Have we had growing pains? Sure we have. Will we have more? No doubt. We are in the middle of tripling the size of PSA.

The entire delivery schedule was originally predicated on Envoy not being able to retain pilots. The exodus slowed so the schedule changed. PSA does not set the delivery schedule. AA sets the schedule. Your posts just show how little you know, almost every time you post. You must have a crystal ball because it sure isn't experience talking when you post.

The entire problem with the trip trades/drops has been with the software vendor. Management wants it fixed. We believe the vendor has made a lot of progress in making it right. The run for October was much better and I'm told they expect even better performance in the future. Other airlines using this software are having the same problems.

I am confidant that PSA will be successful. I base that on 25 years experience and first hand knowledge. You certainly are entitled to your opinion.