Originally Posted by
Globemaster2827
That's a joke... I bet there are 100 747 pilots who'll be leaving for greener pastures between now and January 1st. The training center will have to be at Max Capacity to tread water for the 1st quarter of 2018 at this point. I could see them scaling back and putting some Sim instructors out on the line but, in all honesty is this a troll?
Not a joke. Hiring is always feast/famine here. But look at it practically - they've hired 100 747 guys in the last 12 weeks alone. The last bid package had @ 100 guys already waiting for/on OE (both fleets/seats). MIA can churn them out, but the weak link has always been OE. Last year, the 767 got so backed up new hires waited at much as 5 months at home after training before seeing a jet. Looks like it's the 747's turn.
All it means is that they've stopped for now. As with anything Atlas, that can change in 5 minutes.