Originally Posted by
mrmak2
Does anyone actually know how many (or what percentage) of new hires had less then 1500 hours? Less than 1000 hours? Yes there were absolutely people hired with less than 500 hours but in my opinion these were an extremely small minority.
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The first half of 2008, Colgan was turning over close to 5% of its pilots each month (based on class size and how fast my seniority number changed). In my class (Saab late 2007) we had about 18 people. Only 2 or 3 had ATP mins, and only one actual ATP. So, you do the math.