Originally Posted by
Slick111
So in less than 6 months we, (PSA) went from being inundated with high quality f/o resume's and classes being full (60 new f/o's per month) for as far as the eye could see,............ to now offering to pay for helo pilots to get their commercial (fixed wing) pilot license?
Did I get that right?
This has been in the plans for over a year now.
It is a program where military helo pilots can come to the airlines and we help with the transition.
I have heard recruiters saying that the end goal is to be able to have a steady pipeline of pilots coming to PSA in the future. This is one of the programs that they think will help with this. The college cadet programs, the rotor transition plan, and a couple of others that they are still working on. The idea is to have 40-50 pilots a month coming to PSA through these programs and then adding a few more "street hires" to fill the classes.
I am not saying that it is going to work, but that is the plan.
If we could get 15 rotor transition per month, and another 25 Cadet's per month, then that would be a great start each and every month.