Originally Posted by
Excargodog
In fairness, the disastrous shortage of E-175 sims and instructors last summer wasn't just at Compass, it was dang near universal. The surge in hiring by the majors and resulting attrition and need for the regional's to crank newbie's through at a hitherto unseen pace sort of caught everyone with their pants down.
That being said, I doubt that anyone really learned from the experience so, yeah, everybody will likely get behind the power curve again at least a few more times....
Yeah I'm well aware of the systemwide shortage of sims causing delays for everyone. Especially as airlines add/add more embraers to their fleet and attrition continues. I also expect they won't learn. Since they'll be in town, I figured it can't hurt to go and interview. I've got a Skywest interview later that same week, and I fully expect them to offer a class date shortly thereafter and that Compass will say "alright you're in the pool, we'll let you know, but it's probably going to be Summer." Can't get too upset if you set the bar low hahaha.
Originally Posted by
HUSKERFAN
Congrats on the call!!! Glad to hear they’re hiring!!!!! Just about to finish off my training here. The delays haven’t been too bad. Took the family to Asia for a week while getting paid so no complaints there. My training footprint will be about 110 days. You’ll enjoy it here!
I'd love a paid vacation! Especially with flight benefits. But I'm sure that's one reason they're in no rush to hire more haha.
Originally Posted by
05Duramax
I'm not sure if this is true, Republic is currently hiring people and offering them classes next August!
Yeah I got an email a few weeks ago. "In order to remain transparent . . . we are currently filling classes for June of 2019 . . . in order to keep a steady CA and FO mix, we had to adjust our dates to accomodate CA upgrades . . . We understand this may be inconvenient or upsetting, so we encourage you to communicate with [Recruiters] if you are within this timeframe, and be patient." Republic hasn't really been in the cards for me for a while now but it was shocking to hear they, too, are facing a similar slowdown.