Classes are monthly. Occasionally, a month is skipped if the FO to Captian ratio is too large.. in the past they have hired too many FOs at once and have not had enough captains to fly with them. This caused dissension in the first officer ranks due to lack of flying/rotting in a hotel. This is now remedied by skipping an FO class date when needed.

Class size varies, but can be as large as 12. Of those, only one or two are direct entry captains. Sometimes (often) there are no direct entry.

The recent improvements to quality of life and compensation seem to be helping retention and the captain upgrades from within appear to be happening with more frequency.

The training department is very good.