Originally Posted by
Bus Driver
Well folks, it's official. Got the unfortunate call from training that the CRJ new hire class I was scheduled for on 7/14 was postponed indefinitely. I am bummed out but happy in another way. I am happy that I am hired by a company that has great management and can make good decisions that are in the best interest of our pilots, especially those that have been "on-property" already. I know I will have an opportunity to attend class at a future date, and I was smart enough not to burn the bridge with my current employer. I feel for the folks who may have already left a job to go to training.
I assume the next step will be to cut back hours to keep from having to start the "big F". We are overstaffed on the CRJ but hurting on the Brasilia, so my question is what will they do about that? Will they send some co-pilots back to the Brasilia? Would they, or could they fly two Brasilia captains together.
PS- $10 bucks says we can't keep on the subject for 7 pages!
You’re jumping the gun, just because they cancelled a class doesn't mean we're going to Furlough and displace pilots. Remember Mgmnt started cancelling classes last fall and they've cancelled every CRJ class up until the June class (they had one scheduled every 3 weeks). They're just trying to have some foresight, something that they’ve been very good at…………………………….mostly………………………….ya.
My guess is that they will just continue to do what they’ve been doing for the past 4 months. They’ll run EMB classes when they need to and if they need RJ FO’s then they’ll run transition classes. This will help to keep moral high (EMB FO’s get to move over to the RJ and make more money) and new hires happy seeing that they will actually work on the EMB.
Like I’ve said several times on here (dating back to Q1), with the direction the industry is headed and how we are staffed, I wouldn’t expect another RJ new hire class until late 08 or even early 09 (could be later). JMHO.