Originally Posted by Walkeraviator

That was 15 total Captains on property and 15 Fo's to reach the company's idea of 2.5 crews per aircraft. The company upgraded a few guys and hired a street captain or two, but I feel like more staffing will be needed if we fly as much as they are predicting. They are currently attempting to hire more FO's for the 145, but until this week were set on basing them in Lewisburg, WV. Obviously, they got little response. They are back to looking for home based guys and want 3 more FO's on the 145 and 3 more captains on the 120.

By my estimation that puts us at around 12 Captains (counting CP and the Sim guy who never flies the line hardly) and 15 FO's. With only two guys meeting the mins to upgrade under 121 or being very close, I still see the need for another street hire captain and some more FO's to get to the 15/15. With turnover, even more hiring will need to happen.

Fleet plan is pretty optimistic with the AirX deal, but they will need to double our pilot group with the plans we are being told about on just this airframe. Add in the ideas for more fleet types and it's going to get interesting. The good news is that it seems upper management listens when we have ideas.