Originally Posted by
THKooj
I have stated the the training capacity will have to increase. AA needs the pilots. They will make it happen. Starting with those 20 extra 175s that will begin arriving late this year. I would imagine that there are training managers all over this upcoming capacity increase RIGHT NOW. Might I suggest swinging toward a more positive attitude. It can work wonders. The hard part is over. You have a seat at AA. Why so negative?
Adding more 175s, whether from Compass (likely) or new purchase (at some point) doesn’t mean that training can just ramp up. The elimination of the CRJ does simplify things and certainly helps, but Envoy had to delay the most recent bid by a month and that bid is smaller than most previous bids the last several years. They are already falling behind last years numbers with a stated plan of more than last year. To decrease flow time, flow numbers have to increase which means MORE that a 1 to 1 of flow to hires. Present numbers are 1 to 2. And every one of those flows have to become captain first. Every flow that is a check airman requires THREE training events to replace them. A new hire, an upgrade and a check airman qualification.
These are facts that support a flow time NOT decreasing. The only thing that supports a decreased flow time is outside attrition or a
LOA or contract change to increase the flow.
That doesn’t exist. If it did, YOU wouldn’t be the one to be announcing it.