Originally Posted by
henryjj
Does anyone know how many pilots QX took in the recent hiring wave? I didn’t hear much back from them
I'm a little confused by your question. We hired a LOT of pilots between 2017 and 2019, and it looked pretty good in the early part of 2020 until the pandemic started. The rest of 2020 has been a bust.
I've heard that Horizon is running two very small E175 (FO) classes in December, with a couple more small classes possible in January or February (jet and Q400 FO's). By "small", I've heard four people per class. I suspect most of the new pilots will be those who got a previous job offer (but not a class) or came up through some kind of pilot development program. I think most of the hiring is to cover attrition or to cover pilots on long-term leave.
One of our chief pilots mentioned that they've received several thousand applications for the most recent classes. It's not exactly a hiring wave, but I'm excited that someone got some good news this year.