Originally Posted by
Motoxer66
Does anyone have input on how the hiring/upgrade strategy might change here at CP when the majors/legacies spool up hiring again?
It seems like we have a handful of (121/135)1000+ SIC's that are short of the CBA mins, who will be qualified at TBD date. Who's gonna fill the upgrade classes if our pool isn't supplying sufficient candidates? Also for those who do upgrade in the next few months how is that gonna affect reserve times?
I would like to think that management has lead turned this, although why I WOULD think that after the stupid hiring freeze - well, I,m not too sure. But they have the data and can pretty well predict how many of our existing FOs will hit 1000 121 hours before they hit company mins for either ME or TT.
If they have enough high TT or high ME time guys/gals in the mix to keep adequate captains then some guys will wind up lagging and some leading their company seniority in the upgrades by up to six months but the flying schedule will still work, and eventually - when they do upgrade - the latecomers will push the early birds lower in bidding priority. They may sit reserve a fairly long time. Of course that's captain reserve with captain pay and captain TPIC when they do fly.
But if there aren't enough guys in the mix who will have company TT or ME mins when they hit 1000 121 hours, and there are not enough upgradable S to meet the demand, either company mins will need to come down or they will have to do street captains.