Originally Posted by
FangsF15
Go read the Instructor council newsletter, published yesterday. It’s ominous
“many SLIs [are being] involuntarily removed from their SLI positions starting September 17, 2024.”
“With this being such a large announcement“
“management feels we are at least 10
percent overstaffed based on the projected training demand.”
” projected training for 2025 appears to be heavily frontloaded again”
Furthermore, the ALPA update today says:
“This week, Flight Operations announced it plans to reduce the number of SLls in the Training Department as part of an overall staffing reduction.”
Not sure if the bold is limited to just the training department, but that’s not remotely consistent with hiring 1000+. This is a big change. That statement is far more consistent with the APD (via LCP) rumor mill of 300 next year.
It sure would be nice for Flt Ops to share this information with us line pilots, like in the Base Visits or Fall Flight Standards meetings. Or both.
while it would be nice to see them let us know their plan, I don’t see that happening. I’ve seen how they talk to the non cons on sky hub and I expect the same kind of rhetoric towards us. ( it’s all roses until it’s all doom and gloom) If their plan is to only hire 300 for 2025 then I expect them to hire 100/ month jan-mar then come to us for concessions. This gets the maximum butts in seats for summer while simultaneously giving them a point to negotiate from.
I expect them to keep their cards close to their chest on hiring and even if they didn’t I just don’t trust what they have to say.