[QUOTE=SFORedwood;3576883]I’ve been offered an early February orientation date. I’m on the fence about all of this puzzle. Can someone with some insight about future direct entry captains answer a couple questions? I would like to know how many they are proposing on hiring so I can have some idea of whether i’ll be the last guy, so to speak. Do you know how many classes they run per month or per week and how many people are generally in a class? How many direct entry pilots were in the January classes? Lastly, what is the probability of getting ORD as a base?
It's funny, Envoy talks about quality of life, but there is a huge difference between being based in MIA vs DFW vs ORD, seems they would want to try & give you your preference of bases.....
I get that i'll probably be on reserve at the airport for a long time, but i'd rather be in a base where I know people.[/QUOTE
Excerpts from Q4 2022 company letter, it may answer some of your questions:
... We hired a little over 600 new pilots, upgraded almost 400 new Captains and advanced 335 pilots to American Airlines – representing 18% of our pilot seniority list in just one years’ time. This brings us to more than 2,600 Envoy pilots now flying for American Airlines....
...As we look ahead to 2023, we plan to continue growing our LRJ fleet, targeting 120+ Embraer 170/175 by years end. We are also excited about the opening of our new PHX crew base, targeted for May. PHX crew base is planned to be included in the next vacancy bid. We anticipate the need for another 600 new pilots and another 400 new Captains for 2023. Crew Planning has provided some estimates as to the number of hard lines expected by base and equipment relative to what we have received from AAG. Again, as always, this forecast can change but hopefully it provides some insight to AAGs planned distribution of our operation for the first part of next year...
As a DEC, I expect to be on reserve for a couple of years, as DECs are junior to all the FOs who will soon hold CA. From what I gather, DFW and ORD are usually granted, no idea about MIA.