EMB new hires go to FAT and PSP mainly. CRJ you end up in ORD and getting back to PSP will take quite a while. I fly the Emb out of FAT and I have a friend who flies the CRJ out of PSP, he mainly stays out west but every now and then he ends up in Texas or ORD.
Classes: These numbers are from an email that we recieved from Mgmnt. Listed below are the class dates as well as the number of pilots they want in each class. You'll find that these classes aren't being filled until the very end.
EMB ground school is 3 weeks and 1 1/2 for FTD and SIM.
CRJ ground school is 5 weeks and 2 weeks for SIM.
Training schedule:
Class Date
October 23 RJ NEW HIRE 30
October 30 NEW HIRE EMB 30
November 13 RJ NEW HIRE 30
November 27 NEW HIRE EMB 30
December 4 RJ NEW HIRE 30
They have reported that they will being running 2 RJ and 1 Bro class a month through May.
To answer the question about parking aircraft. Mgmnt also sent out a schedule and they are planning NO EMB Parking anytime soon. They are scheduled to receive a total of 17 CRJ-900s and quite a few more 700 by the end of next year.