Originally Posted by
Flyboy68
Got it. Thanks.
Talked to a really nice recruiter earlier and I told him this was my biggest concern with XJT.
Everything else about XJT is great, but the long upgrades times have got to be hurting recruiting.
It’s understandable for it to be a concern. TPIC is important.
A big reason why the upgrade time is changing is because ExpressJet did not hire/retain many FO’s over the past 5 years or so. A couple of these years have only 50 people or so on the list.
To put it in perspective, the company’s lofty goal of 600 hires in 2019 is actually more FO’s than what we even have on property. If they
somehow even come close to this, it’ll allow more planes to be staffed, and many more upgrades to occur.