Originally Posted by
SkyknightJohn
FWIW, our 12/19 FO class had all 5 bases for our initial bid. Many were awarded DCA. (We had people awarded each base, so anything is possible.)
Also, We're all wrapping up our oral exams this week, for those who'd be curious of training time. No delays for sims, rolling right into starting Sunday & Monday.
DAY training center was so crowded the last week, with three classes in place, good luck finding an open restroom!
And in CLT it was hard to find a room to use between orals and interviews...
It's a hoppin' place!
This is a great thing! It is exciting to be somewhere with movement like this.
Right now, we have many pilots leaving each month to go to mainline carriers outside of the flow. I am going to say (conservatively) that we are losing a couple dozen a month, sometimes more. At first, almost all of these people will be above you and you will start moving up the list quickly.
In addition, new hire classes right now are bringing in about 70 in January, and expected to bring in a little over 50 in February. (We had 3 classes in January).
If you are hired now and enter training, you will finish training 12 weeks later and will have moved up the list 50-75 spots on the seniority list, and will have had 5 classes of 25 each start class behind you.
This is what we were experiencing in 2014 and it was amazing to watch. It is good to see that it is happening again.