Originally Posted by
yellowNEO
I like that we require 4,000 hours total time to upgrade. There’s regional captains upgrading with much less, so obviously it can be done. However, nothing can replace exposure and experiences when it comes to judgment calls in the cockpit. That said, 4K hours to upgrade is going to be incompatible with our growth plans and attrition levels. This is going to be problematic as we trend closer and closer to hiring CFIs with wet ATPs. We lost 53 pilots in January (61 if you include resignation notifications going into February). With the current hiring goal of 90/month (possibly more), we’re mostly going to be retaining pilots who are not yet competitive for the Big 6.
Do you all think we’re going to have our growth stifled due to lack of experience?
“The Company may change the minimum qualifications set forth in paragraph G.11 above for any status or adopt min-imum qualifications for a new status under the following conditions:”
Those requirements will go the way of the Dodo as soon as they need them too, just as 4,000 min time to get hired went away